Three homeowners describe how their Sears catalog homes have stood the test of time—and they have the photos to prove it.

The house, an eight-room bungalow, was called the Sheridan in the Sears catalog and sold for $2,100 – the cost of the materials. The lot and labor costs were extra.

Walking through the main entrance of the store at lunchtime this past week, clothing on sale racks was neatly displayed, but ...

In the early 1900s it was a radical idea: mail several thousand dollars to Sears Roebuck & Company, then wait for a train to deliver your new house in 12,000 pieces to be assembled.

One of the major companies behind these made-to-order kit homes, Sears, Roebuck and Co., had over 300 styles listed in its catalog and sold about 70,000 kit homes between 1908 and sometime in the ...

It is one of quite likely many Sears homes built in Chattanooga and surrounding communities. From 1908 until 1940, a potential homeowner could order an entire house from Sears Roebuck.

From 1908 to 1940, Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold about 75,000 homes by mail order, according to the Sears archives. The houses went up quickly in places with train depots, like Albany.

Deborah Rotman and three students from Purdue's archaeology field school will guide about 20 local volunteers in excavating a house site at 2114 N. Ninth St. The home, which is being donated by the ...

Sears tells stores plans: Sears Roebuck & Co. plans to add 39 stores by 2000, Allan Stewart, Sears’ president of retail stores, told retail industry analysts in a Chicago meeting. He predicted ...