History Tuesday – Spotlight on Sears Kit House #118

“For $1,575.00 we will furnish all the material to build this nine-room home.” That’s the first line of the description for Sears Kit House #118 in the 1913 Sears Modern Homes catalog. The materials list included lumber, lath, shingles, mill work, siding, flooring, ceilings, finishing lumber, building paper, pipe, gutters, sash weights, hardware, mantel and painting material!

 

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Below is the very house Charles J. Dahms wrote about in his letter to Sears. (Not for Sale)

Below is another #118 Sears home in the flesh (Not for sale)