Kit House Spotlight Tuesday – Aladdin’s The Villa
Like Sears Kit Homes, the Aladdin Company of Bay City, Michigan, designed and sold kit houses for thousands of Americans across the country. Their 1917 catalog showcased over 60 home designs, from a plain four-room cottage to an impressive four-bedroom Colonial Revival, ranging in price…
Sears Kit House Spotlight Tuesday – Modern Home No. 171
The Sears kit house Modern Home No. 171, later called The Rossville, was an unassuming gabled ell farmhouse. In 1913 a homeowner could purchase the materials in the Modern Home No. 171 kit delivered by railcar for $597. In the 1913 Sears Modern Homes catalog,…
Sears Kit House Spotlight Tuesday – Modern Home No.111
After W.A. Turk built his Sears kit house, Modern Home No. 111, he wrote a letter to the company expressing his pleasure. “Gentlemen: We are fully satisfied and find we have saved 25 percent on all building materials bought by you.” If a buyer wanted…
Sears Kit House Spotlight Tuesday – The Hathaway
Sears Kit House The Hathaway was an English cottage-inspired mail-order plan. The 1926 Sears Catalog describes it thus: “American tourists in Europe are always impressed by the cottage homes of England. The Hathaway is a striking example of this style of architecture. The ornamental trellised…
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…
Sears Kit Homes Spotlight Tuesday – The Kilbourne
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 up…
c.1934 Illinois Sears Kit House Under $43K ~ Off Market
611 S Jefferson St, Litchfield, IL 62056 $42,500 ~ Off Market OHU50K NOTES 1930s: Imagine searching through the pages of a Sears House catalog night after night, deliberating over the perfect kit house you wanted to order for your family. The “Collingwood” was ordered in 1934 by…
