The arrival of the Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog was a much-anticipated ... tissues in name recognition for the inexpensive "kit" homes that often gave fledgling farmers, blue-collar workers ...

FALL RIVER — Before there was Amazon Prime, there was the Sears, Roebuck & Co ... "The FRHS has no records/history of any Sears/kit homes," wrote curator Michael Martins in an email.

Sears, Roebuck and Company successfully sold pre ... The modern prefabricated kit homes came along in the mid-1900s post WWII. Lindal Cedar Homes, one of the companies at the forefront of this ...

Kit houses are everywhere. Found in neighborhoods throughout the Lansing area, most are nearly a century old and still standing the test of time.

From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick out their own ready-to-assemble home kit from a Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog and have the materials shipped directly to them, primarily by rail.

If they ask about the Farley Road home that's been in the family for nearly 100 years, they always hear the same thing - "It's a Sears & Roebuck kit and it only cost $800." "They're always amazed ...

(October 22, 2018) A 1925 Colonial-style home in Washington, D.C., that sold last year for $1.06 million had humble beginnings. It was a Sears, Roebuck and Co. kit home, the Martha Washington ...

Just how many kit homes there are locally is unclear ... had no idea their house was a catalog-order Sears, Roebuck and Company home when they bought it. Schrott and McWilliams were living ...

It started out 100 years ago as a mail-order house bought for $1,945 from Sears, Roebuck & Co. Today, the century home Kit House is a refurbished, light-filled residence with newly opened spaces ...

Amazon is not the first major retailer to sell manufactured homes. More than 100 years ago, American retailer Sears, Roebuck and Co began selling kit homes from its catalog, with some for under ...

MATTOON — The third annual Cycle into History bike tour on Saturday, June 24, is set to feature several kit homes purchased from Sears, Roebuck and Co. and other retailers. The free bike ride ...