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For this weeks listing of the week we decided to find seven charming Sears Catalog homes you can actually buy. Sears took advantage of new homebuilding materials and construction techniques at the turn of the twentieth century.

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. Sears Modern Homes were catalog and kit houses sold primarily through mail order by Sears Roebuck and Co an American retailer. It is listed at just under 15. 817WA Hoffman Estates IL 60179 For Sears Warranty information or 1ocontact a Sears Service Cenler please reference the service numbers located on the back page of lhis manual. Sears Homes of Chicagoland features kit houses in the Chicago Illinois area Steadily Enlarging Demand for Ready-Cut Houses The American Exporter Vol.

From 1908 to 1940 more than 70000 of these houses were sold in North America by the companys count. Sears organizational structure became a liability around 2008 when the company was split into 30 divisions which lived under the corporate Sears umbrella in name only. Host said this area used to have more than two dozen such Sears kit homes which were known for being solidly built but a number of them have met with the wrecking ball in recent years. 4 October 1922 pp.

Theres an aesthetic or an ambiance to historic homes and as such its worth. Cleveland Park house The 1911 bungalow is based on the Avondale model of the Sears kit house. Vintage House Plans at Antique Homes more than three dozen catalogs of kit homes by various manufacturers from 1903 to 1971. Each division tires appliances apparel etc.

Had its own executives reported its own profits and basically acted as a separate company. Sears Modern Homes were purchased primarily by customers in East Coast and Midwest states but have been located as far south. Distinguished homes for sale in the DC. Host said older homes have a character their new counterparts lack.

Sears has opened the doors to its vast archival collection and invited the public to peek inside. The iconic farmhouse we are familiar with today that features clapboard exterior siding a semi-enclosed front porch and two floors became a standardized look thanks to the Sears Roebuck and Company catalog which used to sell kits for these modern homes in the early 1900s. Sears Homes. How Farmhouse Architecture Evolved.

And with this stroke of genius the Sears Roebuck Kit Homes were born. Between 1908 and 1940 Sears sold 70000 to 75000 pre-fab kit. Sears Roebuck and Co Dept. Selling thousands of homes all across the country in the companys 33-year history.

Sold under the Sears Modern Homes brand the kits soon became a huge hit.

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