American Foursquare
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The American Foursquare is an American house vernacular under the Arts and Crafts style popular from the mid-1890s to the late 1930s. A reaction to the ornate and mass-produced elements of the Victori
A wood-frame American Foursquare house in Minnesota with dormer windows on each side and a large front porch
Wegeforth-Wucher house, Burlingame, San Diego
Sears Modern Homes
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Sears Modern Homes were houses sold primarily through mail order catalog by Sears, Roebuck and Co., an American retailer.
American Foursquare
…self-assembly. These homes are particularly common in neighborhoods near rail-lines built in this era. The largest mail-order house catalog companies were Sears and Aladdin. The American Foursquare, OldHouseWeb…
Cover of 1922 Sears Modern Homes catalog
Sears Magnolia in Benson, North Carolina
Catalog image and floorplan of Sears Magnolia model
Sears "Honor Bilt" homes ad, 1925