Once upon a time—way before online shopping—you could order just about everything you needed from the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog—including a house. In the early 20th century, the massive Sears ...

Long before Amazon and internet shopping, you could buy almost anything from a mail-order catalog. Clothing, furniture, jewelry, toys, plant seeds. Even homes. From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick ...

Southern California was just beginning to develop a taste for suburban sprawl in 1923 when an enterprising Venice property owner built a charming Craftsman home using plans and materials purchased ...

Anything could be bought from a Sears catalog. Kitchen tables, lamps, clothes, dishes, stoves, mantels — everything you could ever need. You could even buy your house from Sears. Imagine paging ...

House at 5092 Western Turnpike on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 in Guilderland, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union) Imagine if you could call Home Depot and order a house, like you were ordering take-out ...

When Karen DeJeet moved into her suburban Pittsburgh home four years ago, her neighbors filled her in on its unique history. The house, dubbed a Hamilton, had been assembled from a kit purchased ...

Nationally recognized authority on the Sears and Roebuck mail-order, fabricated homes, Rosemary Thornton will present her inventory of Sears Homes in Waynesboro at the October History Lecture at WTA’s ...

This week, readers wondered about Sears homes among us and landfill roadways. Q: Are there any Sears catalog homes in Hutchinson, and if there are, where are they? Short answer, yes. As for where they ...

Between 1908 and 1940, Sears Roebuck sold over 70,000 houses in 447 different designs. They were not strictly prefabricated, but were precut packages that included the lumber, siding, windows and even ...

DANVILLE, Va. (AP) - They were offered in a catalogue - and shipped in a kit - via railroad a century ago. From 1908 to about 1940, those pursuing the American Dream of home ownership could order ...