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5 Οκτ 2021 · In some neighborhoods, a Sears kit home might be the only house on a block with electricity. Then, in 1911, Sears began offering mortgages to their customers. Like everything else, they made these easy — maybe too easy. The Sears home mortgage program started out as one of their keys to success.
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18 Αυγ 2021 · Between 1908-1940, Sears sold 75,000 houses via catalog. There are hundreds in Iowa, but they are difficult to identify. One of the Sears catalog kit houses is located in Bussey, Iowa.
15 Ιαν 2024 · Sears Kit Houses: Affordable Housing in the Early 20th Century. By Donna K. Keesling. Between 1908 and 1940, nearly 75,000 homeowners picked out a house from the Sears, Roebuck and Company’s Modern Homes catalog and built their houses from the materials that arrived a few weeks later.
We are a group of researchers who look for Sears houses around the United States. We maintain the National Database of Sears Houses in the U.S., where we add new finds, almost daily.
9 Αυγ 2021 · If your home was built between 1908 and 1942, compare its floor plan and exterior dimensions against a Sears home field guide, such as “Finding The Houses That Sears Built” (2004, Gentle Beam Publications). You might be surprised to find that you, too, live in a mail-order home.
Sears Home. Download the Transcript. The Case: Do this Ohio couple live in a relic from years gone by? 1916: All over the country, new suburban neighborhoods are being created. In Akron, Ohio a...
Between 1908 and 1940, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. sold 70,000 homes through their catalogs. These were called Kit Homes, and they ranged from simple one-story cottages to elaborate two-story homes with columns and fireplaces. The house arrived in pieces in a boxcar.
