America 250: How people ordered their ready-to-assemble homes from a catalog

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “ 250 Years of America ,” a multipart series examining the ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Sears used to sell homes by mail. Cincinnati may have more than any other city

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 ...
USA Today

Sears used to sell homes by mail. Cincinnati has the most still standing.

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 ...
KCRW

Sears Is Fading, But Memories Of Its Mail-Order Homes Endure

Some mail-order house enthusiasts estimate that about 70 percent of Sears houses are still standing today. Eric Romain owns one of them, a Vallonia model in Royal Oak, Mich., and his area in ...
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30 Kit Homes You Can Buy and Build Yourself

Kit homes, also called catalog or mail-order homes, come shipped to your door in flat-packs with precut (and often partially assembled) materials you can assemble yourself on your property. They first ...