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.
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
Kit house
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Kit houses, also known as mill-cut houses, pre-cut houses, ready-cut houses, mail order homes, or catalog homes, were a type of housing that was popular in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere in
Sears Modern Homes
…Sears Homes, being either the product of another kit home manufacturer or not a kit home at all. National and regional competitors in the catalog and kit house market included Aladdin, Bennett, Gordon-Van Tine, Harris Brothers, Lewis, Pacific Ready Cut Homes, Sterling and Montgomery Ward (Wardway) Homes. Sears…
Cover of the 1916 catalog of Gordon-Van Tine kit house plans
A modest bungalow-style kit house plan offered by Harris Homes in 1920
A Colonial Revival kit home offered by Sterling Homes in 1916
Cover of a 1922 catalog published by Gordon-Van Tine, showing building materials being unloaded from a boxcar