I can’t remember when I first learned of Sears Roebuck homes, but it must have been decades ago. There are several in the county and one was on Greene County’s Tour of Homes when it was in Durham in ...

FALL RIVER — Before there was Amazon Prime, there was the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog. The retail giant's catalog, printed from 1892 to 1993, featured any product an American consumer could ever need ...

A home in McCandless that was ordered from a Sears catalog in 1922 is now on the market. The house at 8828 Memorial Drive was one of the many home kits sold in the United States through the mail-order ...

On Saturday, Nov. 6, the Glen Ellyn Historical Society will present "The Story of Sears Roebuck Kit Homes." In the early 20th century, Sears, Roebuck & Co. used to sell "kit homes" that were delivered ...

The Miller House is a Crescent model from Sears, Roebuck and Co. Our OKI Wanna Know series tries to answer your questions about the Cincinnati area. This week, WVXU's Bill Rinehart looks at ...

75,000 kit houses were sold by Sears, Roebuck & Co. in the first half of the 20th century Glenn Garner is a form writer-reporter who worked heavily with PEOPLE's Movies and TV verticals. He left ...

Built in 1918, this bungalow-style home is a unique and rare example of American architectural history. Over a century ago, Daniel A. Donovan and his wife Mary built the home where they would raise ...

VICTOR, N.Y. — Sears Roebuck and Co. started selling mail-order houses from its specialty catalog — the Book of Modern Homes and Building Plans — in 1908. It is reported that more than 100,000 houses ...

The Virginian-Pilot, January 12, 2006 "Suffolk Sun" Section, p. SU8 (posted with permission from The Virginian-Pilot) It's a house that may have arrived by boxcar, complete with thousands of parts, a ...

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Once upon a time—way before online shopping—you could order just about everything you needed from the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog—including a house. In the early 20th century, the massive Sears ...

It's fascinating News to me that a small cadre of historians and passionate amateurs are on a mission to identify and protect homes made by Sears, Roebuck and Co. - homes that caught on as the U.S.