Sears Home Kit Spotlight Tuesday – The Honor
Today’s Sears Kit Home Spotlight Tuesday features The Honor, a spacious, 9-room, 4-bedroom, 1-bath Colonial offered in Sears mail-order catalog from 1921-1926. The Sears, Roebuck 1926 House Catalog described The Honor as ” a home that not only looks well at a distance, but makes…
Abandoned Railroad Station May Get a New Life – Monson Junction, Maine
OHU50K first featured this building last year when it was up for sale for $10,000. While it looks sad and forlorn now with its windows peering out like an empty soul, new life may soon be infused into the abandoned Monson Junction Station in Maine.…
Sears Kit House Spotlight Tuesday – #145 The Arlington – Triplets In Detroit
The Sears Arlington model initially was known as No. 145, making its first appearance in the 1911 Sears Modern Homes catalog and its last in 1922. The home was described as a “Colonial home with bungalow effect,” noting how the long slope of the roofline was…
Sears Kit House Spotlight Tuesday – The Alhambra
Sears Modern Homes catalog was first published in 1908. The 1913 volume featured 112 designs for homes for which homeowners could purchase a kit that was delivered with all the materials needed to construct the home. Later volumes offered up to 370 designs. Between 1908…
Sears Kit Homes Spotlight Tuesday – The Westly
Today is Sears Kit Homes Tuesday. Sears Modern Homes catalog was first published in 1908. The 1913 volume featured 112 designs for homes for which homeowners could purchase a kit that was delivered with all the materials needed to construct the home. Later volumes offered…
Sears Kit Homes Spotlight Tuesday – The Puritan
I thought we would do a spotlight on Sears Kit Homes every Tuesday. Sears Modern Homes catalog was first published in 1908. The 1913 volume featured 112 designs for homes for which homeowners could purchase a kit that was delivered with all the materials needed to…
