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	What is a Sears Modern Home?
		Sears was instead a very able follower of popular home designs but with the added advantage of modifying houses and hardware according to buyer tastes.
		Sears homes took advantage of the new homebuilding material of drywall by shipping large quantities of this inexpensively manufactured product with the rest of the housing materials.
		Sears Modern Homes program stayed abreast of any technology that could ease the lives of its homebuyers and gave them the option to design their homes with modern convenience in mind.
	www.searsarchives.com /homes (850 words)

	Sears Homes
		I'm thinking this article should be moved, unless "Sears Catalog Homes" was the actual name of the division, in which case that should be clarified in the lead section.
		Searing is a technique used in grilling, roasting, braising, sauteeing, etc. that cooks the surface of the food (usually meat, poultry or fish) at high temperature so that a caramelized crust forms.
		In braising, the seared surface acts to flavor, color and otherwise enrich the liquid in which the food is being cooked.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/184/sears-homes.html (910 words)

	Sears Catalog Home - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sears bought a lumber mill and arranged for production of kits from which homes could be assembled to be made in Southern Illinois.
		Sears Catalog Homes proved to be both affordable and of substantial construction.
		Sears Homes in more significant numbers can also be found in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and a few have been found as far south as Florida and as far west as California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sears_Catalog_Homes (1788 words)

	Historians and fans race to Sears catalog homes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The possibility that thousands of Sears homes are still standing around the country has only further piqued the curiosity of buffs, keeping them on the lookout for the so-called "kit" homes.
		Sears doesn't have sales records, and while interest in catalog homes is growing, many people still don't know they are living in one.
		When she spots what she thinks might be a Sears home in the Washington area, she asks to be let into the house, and then straps on a headlamp and looks for exposed studs in the attic, closets and basement.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06135/690342-30.stm (1213 words)

	Sears Catalog Home - Bungalow Homes - Perkasie, PA - Bucks County, PA - architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		At one time the Sears Catalog was the source of many items for the home.
		Two homes at Fifth and Park Avenues in Perkasie are Sears homes.
		This "Sears home" is in the bungalow style with its overhanging roofs and deep eaves.
	www.pennridge.org /p/p-sears.html (253 words)

	The Arts & Crafts Movement - Companies: Sears (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Sears Roebuck mass-merchandising, mail-order company was founded in 1886 and quickly became one of the largest such operations in the world.
		Sears is often credited with inventing the mail-order kit house but that distinction goes to the Aladdin Company of Bay City, Michigan who began the practice in 1906.
		Sears was likely the leader in total sales and in visibility purporting to have sold over 100,000 homes in the 1908 to 1940 period.
	www.arts-crafts.com /archive/sears.shtml (517 words)

	SEARS HOMES come into their own
		Decker, "by virtue of being a Sears house, they have a higher value than comparable houses in the same area." Buyers are lured by the homes' old-school craftsmanship and place in history, and by a growing preservation movement.
		Sears sold nearly 100,000 of these "easy to build" kits in a precipitous era when an emerging middle class fled from polluted cities in search of a better family life.
		The Stones' home is one of the more unusual Sears kits, according to Beatrice Lask of Clifton, who began researching Tristate Sears catalog homes in 1990 as a University of Cincinnati student.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2003/01/18/tem_satlede18.html (1312 words)

	Sears and Roebuck Mail Order Catalog Homes
		The Sears home kits were shipped from Cairo, Illinois to their destination by box car since there were no trucks big enough to ship them in.
		Some of the characteristics found inside the Sears homes are described as having large cove moldings that join the walls to the ceilings; niches for telephones, books and flowers; decorative archways or crowns on top of doorways; built in breakfast nooks, bookcases or cabinets that were unique.
		Sears and Roebuck much of the time stamped the lumber with an emblem bearing that company name, and if such a seal is found on a rafter or other building material, that would pretty much tell the story.
	www.josephinesjournal.com /sears.htm (1747 words)

	Sears Modern Homes - Oldhouseweb.com
		Here are excerpts of her new book, "The Houses That Sears Built: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sears Catalogue Homes," published in 2002 by Gentle Beam Publications, P. Box 1392, Alton, IL 62002.
		Also in the catalog, ads promising a set a plans for $1, and a $1 when plans were ordered.
		Sears estimated in 1908 that a carpenter would charge $450.00 to assemble Modern Home #111, The Chelsea.
	www.oldhouseweb.com /stories/Detailed/10423.shtml (865 words)

	Sears Modern Homes - Oldhouseweb.com
		A whole community of Sears Catalog Homes was built in Carlinville, Illinois in 1918.
		Historical accounts of the rise and fall of the Sears catalog homes are often contradictory.
		The 1940 catalog had only two pages of subdued assurances, informing buyers that Sears homes were a sound value and met the Federal Housing Authority guidelines.
	www.oldhouseweb.com /stories/Detailed/10424.shtml (1158 words)

	Sears Catalog Kit Houses in the Hudson Valley of New York - how to identify a Sears Catalog Home
		The Fullerton Sears Kit House - Photos and examples by DF Here is the original catalog description of this home at 15 N. Remsen, Wappingers Falls, NY Three neighbors - three Sears catalog homes were built in a row by Wappingers grocer Adolph Von Vorstel on N. Remsen Ave.
		Rear expansions to Sears houses were a common event on especially the smaller catalog models.
		This particular Sears catalog house in New York also had an interesting wood-stove niche in the living room.
	www.inspect-ny.com /SearsHouses.htm (2400 words)

	Sears Catalog Houses
		A year ago, the Gittlesons moved into a Sears home that was built in 1925, when people were moving into Huntington Beach in droves.
		Their home was built the year before oil drilling was allowed within the city limits.
		The home was built and occupied by the Bruce family until 1989, when the family matriarch died in her 90s.
	www.anaheimcolony.com /sears.htm (1060 words)

	Mail-order houses \| csmonitor.com
		That first Modern Homes catalog offered house kits in 44 designs, ranging in price from $495 to $4,115 (about $9,900 to $82,300 in 2002 dollars), and even included one schoolhouse, which was advertised at $11,000.
		Sears promised that "a man of average abilities" could build the house, but also estimated that a carpenter would charge $450 to assemble the kit's 30,000 pieces, which included 750 pounds of nails.
		But Sears had that popular catalog and enduring name recognition, so that today the term "Sears home" is often used incorrectly for all kit-built houses of the 20th century.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0612/p11s02-lihc.html (2237 words)

	Carlinville's Standard Addition: $1M Worth of Sears Homes
		Throughout the 1920s, pictures of these homes were prominently featured in the front pages of the Sears Modern Homes catalogs.
		According to the 1919 Sears Modern Homes catalog, the cost of the eight designs that would comprise the “Standard Addition” ranged from $1092 for the Lebanon to $1555 for the Roanoke, but those prices are a little misleading.
		In the 1922 Sears Modern Homes catalog, the total cost for the Roanoke was estimated to be $4600.
	www.route66university.com /study/essay_thorn_std.php (1528 words)

	sears catalog homes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Sears and opened the doors to its vast archival collection has invited the public to peek.
		Sears Catalog Home A popular model was #115 Sears Catalog Homes (sold as Sears Modern Homes) were ready-to-assemble houses which were sold through.
		If you can't locate the free catalog that you were looking for, please don't hesitate to contact us and we will do our best to help locate a free catalog for you.
	www.my-sushi-chef.com /mail-order-catalog/sears-catalog-homes.html (542 words)

	Sears homes By whO
		Sears Roebuck is still the most well-known of kit home manufacturers, perhaps because of their market
		Sears Roebuck is still the most well-known of kit home manufacturers, perhaps because of their
		This classic Sears home is owned by Carolyn Glass resident of the 34th ward since 1979.
	ibc34.com /sears.html (978 words)

	Sears Catalog Homes Tour - Downers Grove, IL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The average kit home had 30,000 parts, not including nails, screws, etc. It included everything except the lot, foundation and energy to assemble it.
		These ready-to-assemble homes reflected the American taste of the period complete with modern conveniences such as indoor plumbing and electricity.
		On the tour, you will notice many homes which have characteristic features similar to the Sears models.
	visitor.vil.downers-grove.il.us /searshomes/index.htm (182 words)

	Sears, Roebuck and Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Richard Sears was a railroad station agent in North Redwood, Minnesota when he received a shipment of watches from a Chicago jeweler which were unwanted by a local jeweler.
		Sears took advantage of this by publishing his catalog with clearly stated prices, so that consumers could know what he was selling and at what price, and order and obtain them conveniently.
		Sears diversified and became a conglomerate during the mid-20th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sears (1766 words)

	Sears Catalog Homes
		The tagline on the Sears catalog was "Sears...the selling of a dream." The great American dream has always been to be able to own a home of your own, and Sears made houses affordable to many people.
		In addition to saving money on materials, it is estimated that building a Sears house took only about 350 hours of carpenter labor, compared with 580 hours for a conventional house.
		Today, historians of architecture study these homes, many of which have been unaltered since they were first built.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/es/il/house_1 (206 words)

	Amazon.com: The Houses That Sears Built; Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sears Catalog Homes: Books: Rosemary ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		As I mentiond, I have never actually seen a 'live' Sears home and as far as I know we don't have a European counterpart, none of such iconic status anyhow, but my partner and I are researching to have a replica built for us here somewhere in the English country-side (pending planning permission, I suppose).
		Sears, Wards and JC Penney all had catalog agents who would set up shop in a storefront on Main Street (not necessarily in the same town) and sell goods from the company they represented.
		But the lore of the catalog lives on and there are many of those old catalog homes across the nation still serving the successors to the old Sears customers of days past.
	www.amazon.com /Houses-Everything-Wanted-Catalog-Homes/dp/0971558809 (2623 words)

	Sears Modern Homes - Oldhouseweb.com
		This is not a feature unique to Sears homes, but making a note of where the roof-line falls will help you compare catalog photos to existing houses.
		Cinderblock foundation and five-piece eave brackets are clues that a house might be a Sears catalog home.
		Sears homes, as depicted in the catalog, and in recent photos.
	www.oldhouseweb.com /stories/Detailed/707.shtml (2171 words)

	Society fights for city's history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		That committee's task will include the research, documentation and historic status of homes and buildings within the community.
		Menning said there are 16 century homes, and another 10 have been landmarked.
		Those landmarked homes were built up to 1854.
	www.sunnews.com /news/1999/0603/wbayhist.htm (426 words)

	old sears catalog homes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		If you cannot find the free catalog that you were looking for, please don't hesitate to drop us a line and we will do our best to help locate a free catalog for you.
		There are a large number of Sears catalog homes in the Chicago area.
		Sears Catalog Homes by Rosemary Thornton, which came out in March 2002.
	www.my-sushi-chef.com /mail-order-catalog/old-sears-catalog-homes.html (651 words)

	The Houses That Sears Built: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sears Catalog Homes (Second Edition) - A book by ...
		Yet while interest in Sears homes is soaring, research by an expert suggests that fewer than 5,000 Sears houses have been conclusively identified around the U.S. "More than 70,000 Sears homes remain undiscovered and unknown," says that expert, Rosemary Thornton.
		In this book, you'll learn how to identify Sears homes from the inside, from the outside and from visits to the archive vault at your local court house or registry of deeds.
		She decided it was time to share all this new information about these catalog homes; hence, this major revision, the second edition of The Houses That Sears Built.
	www.oldhouseweb.com /bookstore/Detailed/1111542.shtml (1051 words)

	Amazon: Listmania! - View List "SEARS mail-order kit Homes" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		When you think you've spotted some Sears homes you'll need this book which offers practical tips on how to positively identify if a house really is a SEARS kit home.
		The history of Catalogue Mail-Order homes and the impact they have made on American architecture; Sears was one of many companies to manufacture kit homes.
		Just a reminder that many Sears kit homes, garages, cottages, cabins and barns are found on farms across the country.
	www.amazon.com /SEARS-mail-order-kit-Homes/lm/1TKOUTOGBUOC3 (534 words)

	Sears (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It was noted that the vast majority of these had been designed by "the most skillful, licensed architects in the country." Prospective buyers could then order a free set of building plans and specifications, which included all the information required to actually build a house.
		Because Sears; Roebuck and Co. manufactured all these items, it was assumed that thrifty customers would avoid paying the middleman and wholesalers, and would order directly from them.
		This was used to emphasize the literal, upward thrust of the home from the foundation to its cornice brackets.
	ah.bfn.org /h/sears/sears.html (487 words)

	Sears Catalog Houses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Welcome to Searshouse.com A collection of material related to my Sears Catalog House and Searshouses in general.
		Welcome to Searshouse.com I won the first Sears Catalog House positively identified in the Twin Cities Minnesota area.
		A source on the history of Sears Catalog Houses and links to more information of these classic american houses.
	searshouse.com (91 words)

	Sears Catalog Homes - Historical Preservation Commission - Village of Villa Park - Villa Park, IL
		Sears Catalog Homes - Historical Preservation Commission - Village of Villa Park - Villa Park, IL Historical Preservation Commission
		Many people saw the kits offered by Sears during the 1920's through the 1940's as an opportunity to join the ranks of homeowners.
		A few weeks after the customer selected a home and placed the order, two railway boxcars that contained about 30,000 pieces of house - everything from doorknobs and carved stairways to varnish and shingles - would arrive at the nearest train depot.
	www.invillapark.com /vphpc/catalog.htm (264 words)

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