Sears house plans

Could your old house be from a Sears catalog? Check out these popular Sears Foursquare kit homes that captures the essence of the early 1900s middle-class lifestyle.

While google driving around Perry Oklahoma a few years ago I happened upon a Sears Avalon. And what a sweet Avalon it is! Thanks to one of my college classmates who was kind enough to take photos…

Sears Modern Homes Catalog 1908 4th Edition offering 30 models. MY BLOG MY FACEBOOK PAGE

Once, I bought a bag of dirt on the internet. I continue to be amazed by the variety of things you can buy on Amazon, but long ago, in the pages of the Sears Catalog, Amazon’s predecessor, you could even buy a house. Between the years of 1908 and 1942, the Sears Roebuck company sold more than 70,000 of these Sears Catalog homes, which were built in locations all over the country.

One woman's quest to locate houses purchased as kits from Mail Order catalogs

Honor Bilt Sears homes were known throughout the US as well-made, comfortable, and affordable. The pages listed in this directory are the complete catalog of homes for 1935 and styles range from bungalows and small Tudor style cottages to homes influenced by some of the modern trends of the times. The Honor Bilt homes were

While these days we don't think twice about ordering all kinds of things online, with giants like Amazon offering pretty much anything you could possibly imagine shipped to your doorstep, the mail-order concept goes back much further than you might think, and you could even get an entire house delivered by mail.

Standing squarely in the living room of his new home in downtown Pleasanton, Emil Oxsen...

The Kilbourne 1923 SEARS ROEBUCK MODERN HOMES A steeper than usual roof pitch adds a bit of the English Cottage to an otherwise very Craftsman-style bungalow home. The facade is particularly handsome with the two forward gables and the large front porch and terrace. Inside, it is very modern with an open floor plan and easy access from one room to the next. Convenience was clearly a consideration when Sears' designers planned the Kilbourne.