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    Sears Kit House Spotlight Tuesday – The Alhambra

    July 12, 2022 / 4 Comments

    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…

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    Sears Kit House Spotlight Tuesday – The Whitehall

    February 15, 2022 / 1 Comment

    Sears kit house, The Whitehall, was described in the 1918 Modern Home catalog as a “modern type of two-story home that is seen in the better residential neighborhoods. It is dignified and substantial, and was designed with three important objects in view; Economy of floor…

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    Kit House Spotlight Tuesday – Aladdin’s The Villa

    January 25, 2022 / No Comments

    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…

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    Sears Kit House Spotlight Tuesday – Modern Home No. 171

    January 18, 2022 / 3 Comments

    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,…

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    Sears Kit Home Spotlight Tuesday – The Avondale

    January 11, 2022 / 8 Comments

    UPDATE: In addition to the Greeley, Colorado, Avondale Sears Kit Home, we have now tracked down and included an Avondale in New Orleans with interior shots from an MLS listing which are included below. Sears Modern Homes catalog was first published in 1908. The 1913…

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    Sears Kit House Spotlight Tuesday – Modern Home No.111

    January 4, 2022 / No Comments

    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…

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    Sears Kit House Spotlight Tuesday – The Hathaway

    December 28, 2021 / 1 Comment

    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…

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    Sears Home Kit Spotlight Tuesday – The Honor

    December 21, 2021 / 2 Comments

    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…

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    Sears Kit House Spotlight Tuesday – #145 The Arlington – Triplets In Detroit

    December 14, 2021 / No Comments

    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…

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