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

She used insurance money to purchase a house by mail order – from Sears, family was told ... to Model 272 in Pacific Ready-Cut’s 1925 catalog, though there are some caveats.

She used insurance money to purchase a house by mail order – from Sears, family was told – that she had built around 1935 at 217 Los Vegas Ave. Her new boyfriend who she would later marry ...

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.

The story went that Kendall’s first husband Richard Layton died in 1933 at age 23 after an illness. She used insurance money to purchase a house by mail order – from Sears, family was told – that she ...

Minnie Kendall’s Roseville house was ... meant it was a Sears house. Still, she found it plausible that the house could be from Pacific Ready-Cut because she had familiarity with the brand. The house ...

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.

This updated, expanded Craftsman home from Sears was probably built using the 1915 Bandon kit. The four-bedroom house features the ... the Clyde 9030 plan in the 1920s, this three-bedroom ...