Circa 1922 Carlinville, IL Sears Kit Home REDUCED!
OHU50K Notes. $45,000 Reduced to $40,000 Located in the historic Carlinville Standard Addition, this unique Sears kit home was built about 1922. Carlinville, the county seat of Macoupin county, is the largest city on the 1926-30 Route 66 alignment of Route 66 in south central Illinois. It…
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…
History Tuesday – 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…
Save This Old Kentucky c.1908 Fixer Upper Under $40K – Pending
OHU50K Notes. $50,000 Reduced to $39,900 Pending The realtor’s description states that this is a Sears Kit house. It looks nothing like the Sears ad included with the listing, I could find no house in the Sears catalog that resembled the home, and expert on the subject,…
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 – 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 Kit House Spotlight Tuesday – #145 The Arlington – Triplets In Detroit
NOT for sale, simply of interest. 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…
Sold – Under $100K Sunday ~ c.1920 Craftsman Style Sears Kit Home For Sale in Springfield, IL Under $85K
209 E Spruce St, Springfield, IL 62704 $84,900 Sold Sears Kit House OHU50K NOTES History The Vallonia was an extremely popular model for Sears Mail-Order Homes. First shown in the 1920 catalog, the company continued to offer the Craftsman style bungalow all the way up…
Sold- Sears Kit Home For Sale in Carlinville, IL Under $50K
1007 Johnson St, Carlinville, IL 62626 $49,500 Sold on Oct. 12, 2021 for $45,000 Sears Kit Home For Sale in Carlinville, IL Under $50K OHU50K NOTES Carlinville, Illinois has at least 152 documented Sears Kit Homes. The small city of about 5,400 residents has the…
