“Sears houses, it’s kind of become a general catch-all for house kits,” said Bill Burg, a local historian. “And there were ...

Starting around 1908, Sears started selling prefabricated homes via its “Modern Homes” catalogs. Prices ranged from below ...

In Buffalo Columbus Day will still celebrated with a ceremony at the Columbus statue at Columbus park. Within a few years, ...

Even homes. 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.

A retired high school teacher who lives near St. Louis, Missouri, Chabot is part of an online group that researches ... compare them with pictures from old Sears catalogs and quickly know if ...