Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Sears Catalog Modern Homes


The Magnolia
 1915-1920 ($5,140 to $5,972)
                            
Sears Modern Homes were ready-to-assemble kit houses sold by mail order through the Sears catalog.  More than 70,000 of these homes were sold in North America between 1908 and 1940. Shipped via railcar these kits included all the materials needed to build a house.
Rose & Graham Funeral Home
Benson, NC
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2 comments:

  1. PeterJune 27, 2012 at 11:12 AM

    Incredible! Look at the price and they are still there? Incredible again!!

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  2. Jana Iverson LastJune 27, 2012 at 5:35 PM

    Wow! A Sears catalog home? I had no idea these existed. Fascinating.

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