House Kits By Sears

From 1940 to 1950 or 1951 Sears sold Homart pre-fabricated home kits in a more limited distribution. Sears has opened the doors to its vast archival collection and invited the public to peek inside.

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House kits by sears. Sears reported that more than 70000 of these homes. Sold under the Sears Modern Homes brand the kits soon became a huge hit. Sears has opened the doors to its vast archival collection and invited the public to peek inside.

Examples have also been found in Alaska and Canada. Selling thousands of homes all across the country in the companys 33-year history. The buyer had to cut the timber to appropriate dimensions themselves.

Designs for 370 different plans ranged from the elaborate to the simple. Sears Archives But from 1908 to 1940 Sears also sold home kits. These DIY houses came as kits that would then be assembled by the customer following the included instructions.

You get a clue to where one was built and with some luck and persistence sometimes you can find the house without ever leaving your home office. As Sears Catalog Homes became popular the company divided its products into three categories based on build quality and pricing. Sears Modern Homes were catalog and kit houses sold primarily through mail order by Sears Roebuck and Co an American retailer.

Tracking down Sears Houses in Ohio is a bit of a treasure hunt. Such was the case with this Sears Americus built in. Though they primarily focused on small farming towns their DIY house kits were sold all over the country.

Read more about Sears Houses. Sears kit homes were shipped via boxcar and came with a 75-page instruction book. Columbus neighborhoods columbus ohio historic homes sears house kits sears houses Segment wosu.

Between 1908 and 1940 Sears sold about 70000 kit homes in 48 states through their mail-order Modern Homes program with 370 designs that you might not readily recognize as a kit. Sold over 70000 kit houses through their Modern Homes and Honor Bilt catalogs. Sears reported that more than 70000 of these homes were sold in North America between 1908 and 1940.

See more ideas about kit homes sears vintage house plans. The Goldenrod for example was a three-room vacation cottage no bath out-house separate. Were distributed by Sears Catalog and represented a higher-quality construction.

The Sears home kits sold like hotcakes and between 1908 and 1940 the company sold over 70000 such houses. Sears would sell you a garage to be built detached from your house also as a kit. 920 North Madison Avenue Anderson Indiana Asking.

Sears sold building products before 1900 and sold kit homes from 1908 to 1940. And while this one doesnt actually match up to any of the garages offered by Sears with the clipped gable we know the materials must have come from Sears due to the distinctive eave brackets. From 1908 until 1940 Sears Roebuck and Co.

For this weeks listing of the week we decided to find seven charming Sears Catalog homes you can actually buy today. Granneman and his wife Julia bought the house in 1993. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS.

More than 100 years of stories product and brand histories photographs catalog images and. This entry was posted on Wednesday June 10th 2020 at 332 pm and is filed under Video. Im an old-house fan said Martin Granneman the owner of a Sears kit house built in 1927 on McNaughten Road.

These early houses however were not prefabricated. KIT HOMES 1908- 1940 followed by 105 people on Pinterest. More than 100 years of stories product and brand histories photographs catalog images and.

In 1908 Sears issued its first specialty catalog for houses Book of Modern Homes and Building Plans featuring 44 house styles ranging in price from 360 to 2890. If you think houses built from kits are shoddy cheap and obvious -- think again. Sold primarily to customers in East Coast and Midwest states Sears homes have been located as far south as Florida and as far west as California.

Sears simply provided the raw materials. Sears Catalog Homes sold under the Sears Modern Homes name were catalog and kit houses sold primarily through mail order by Sears Roebuck and Company an American retailer.

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