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 construct the home. Later volumes offered up to…
405 5th St, Centertown, KY 42328. $50,000 c.1908 Sears Kit Home – Save This Old KY Fixer Upper Sears House $50K OHU50K NOTES If the realtor’s description had not stated that this was a Sears Kit house I would not have guessed. Alterations have been made that need to be torn out. The half…
1007 Johnson St, Carlinville, IL 62626 $49,500 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 second largest collection of Sears Kit Homes. First place goes to Elgin, Illinois. The…
700 Elk St, Beatrice, NE 68310 $45,000 c.1920 Sears Kit House For Sale in Beatrice, NE 45K NOTES OHU5K first featured this house back in the summer of 2019. It sold for $15,000 in August of that year. It appears this is a…
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 one such family, the materials arrived on the lot, and…