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.

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 ...

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.

(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 ...

They are “kit homes,” entire houses ordered out of the Sears Roebuck catalog, and Downers Grove may have more of them than any other area. Sears sold 100,000 ready-to-assembly mail-order homes ...

She bought a vintage Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog online, and realized the house across the street and another around the corner were also kit homes. "Once I found all the ones in Springfield ...

The tour includes eight houses, two of which are Sears and Roebuck kit homes, one restaurant, two inns, the Historical Society Museum, Scout Hall and the Gulfport Industrial Arts Center.

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 ...

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 ...

Starting with a short history of the more than 75,000 Sears Roebuck kit homes built between 1908 and 1940, this unique book explains the pros and cons of today's factory-built homes. As author ...