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 > MummyChunk wrote
 > From the 1916 Sears Home Catalog. They shipped the entire house t
you by railroad car. Sears was like Ikea before Ikea. Friends an
family would come from all around to help the owner build it
 >
 > From 1908 to 1942, Sears sold more than 70,000 of these houses i
North America, by the company's count
 >
 > Sears Modern Homes offered more than 370 designs in a wide range o
architectural styles and sizes over the line's 34-year history. Mos
included the latest comforts and conveniences available to hous
buyers in the early part of the twentieth century, such as centra
heating, indoor plumbing, telephone, and electricity
 >
 > Primarily shipped via railroad boxcars, these kits included most o
the materials needed to build a house. Once delivered, many of thes
houses were assembled by the new homeowner, relatives, friends an
neighbors, in a fashion similar to the traditional barn-raisings o
farming families
 >
 > Sears discontinued its Modern Homes catalog after 1940, thoug
sales through local sales offices continued into 1942. Years later
the sales records related to home sales were destroyed during 
corporate house cleaning. As only a small percentage of these home
were documented when built, finding these houses today often require
detailed research to properly identify them

$4,080 Is All Yo
Need to Build This Elegan
Twelve = Roo
$6,000.00 Residenc

MODERN HOME No. 13
Be sure to note how convenientl
the rooms ar
arranged in this fine city residence
Economicall
heated

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