When Americans Bought Entire Houses From a Catalog #Video


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Mail order homes, kit homes, and catalog homes gave families access to Sears homes, Sears Modern Homes, and Aladdin homes. These prefabricated houses and house kits made DIY home building accessible, inspiring historic homes in Craftsman bungalow, Colonial Revival, and Cape Cod house styles. Mail order houses traveled in railroad boxcars with pre cut lumber, helping shape American architecture and expand homeownership.

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  • CharMaine

    This was absolutely fascinating. I had no idea. I remember folks when I was a kid talking about prefab homes, I didn't know you could buy them from Sears?! They left that part out. And heck yeah. I'm from Chicago. I remember those houses. No clue they were bought and built like that. Dang. Who knew? :-)