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Some Sacramento homes might be built from kits. But did they come from the Sears catalog?
A family stands on the front porch of their Sears home – a model dubbed “The Westly” in the 1920s catalog – in Raleigh, N.C., in 2011. CHELSEA KELLNER Raleigh News & Observer file “The ...
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Sears used to sell homes by mail. Cincinnati has the most still standing.
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.
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Sears used to sell homes by mail. Cincinnati may have more than any other city
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.
Some Sacramento homes might be built from kits. But did they come from the Sears catalog?
“Sears houses, it’s kind of become a general catch-all for house kits,” said Bill Burg, a local historian. “And there were ...