According to the
Sears Archives about
70,000 to 75,000 of these homes were ordered through the Sears Catalog between 1908-1940. This website
Sears Homes.org says:
"Sears Homes came in 370 different designs and they sold about 75,000 of them, throughout the United States.
Today, about 90-95% of these homes remain standing. Sadly, when Sears
closed their Modern Homes department, all sales records were destroyed,
so no one knows the location of these homes. Finding them and
documenting their location is a slow, laborious (but FUN) process."Sears Homes were actually ordered through the Sears Catalog and came with instructions and all the basic materials. One way to determine if a home might be a Sears Home is to look for a letter and number stamped into the wood frames. Each piece went together like a puzzle.
If you live in an older home look in your attic or basement for these numbers. You might be living in a Sears Home if so the above websites would be interested in the information.
What do you think? Is this a possible category?
I forgot to mention to the Barns Category they also sold barns!