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Old 06-28-2004, 09:53 AM   #1
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Default Sears kit houses

I have recently gotten interested in Sears kit houses. A number of people have said that they own one. I haven't been able to find pictures of cottages but have pictures of houses. Does anyone know of any in the Lakes Region? The pieces were numbered and arrived by rr with a 75 page instruction book. Sears offered 75% loans for 15 year as opposed to 50% for 7 years by banks. Sears knew that home owners would buy more from their catalog than appartment dwellers. Kind of interesting! Thank for any infor you might have.
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Old 06-29-2004, 08:18 AM   #2
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Never owned one but I did rent one as a skihouse in Bethlehem about 17 years ago.To my surprize,the place was really nice.It had 4 bedrooms,a big living room,a nice farmers porch and a sweet looking banister on the main staircase.We had lots of fun in that house. SS
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Old 06-29-2004, 10:35 AM   #3
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I spent part of 38 summers in one that was located on Moultonboro Bay. Ufortuately, it was torn down last week. It was pretty neat. The sections went together with metal pins and wedges.
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Who makes them, not Sears as in the store is it?
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Yup, Sears as in Sears and Roebuck. Of course they don't offer them any more - stopped in the twenties or thirties, but they sold maybe 75,000 or them. They were nice houses and I guess a lot of them still exist.
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A friend of mine recently inherited a house from his grandmother and it was a 1920's Sears home. I had never heard of one either!

Have you ever taken a good look at a Sears catolog from way back when?
They sure had a diverse product line!
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Old 07-09-2004, 08:02 PM   #7
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Sears Homes were make by various companys, and were well worth the money. On the East Coast, and several other locations, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company (now Weyerhaeuser Co.) precut the homes and shipped then on flat cars, and occassionally trailer trucks.
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Old 07-10-2004, 11:41 AM   #8
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I know of one or two down here in PA -- Plymouth Meeting, to be exact. There was an interesting article in the paper about them once. Never knew they existed before then.
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My father ordered a Weyerhauser kit home in 1955 here in northeast NJ. I remember the pieces arriving by flatbed truck. He had a foundation built, and then erected the house which came with pre-nailed walls studs and roof rafters. Although the building inspector from town was skeptical at first, he was really impressed by the quality of the house. Working part-time on the house while employed by good old NJ Bell, Dad started the house in May and we moved in on Nov. 5th. Most of the work was done by family and friends. The house is a beautiful 4 bedroom, 2 bath cape cod with a 28x36 foot footprint. In 1973 they added a 10x18 dining room out the back. It's interesting to read the set of plans/prints that came with the house.
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Old 07-14-2004, 07:52 AM   #10
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My wife pointed out that there are at least three Sears kit homes right on our short street here in PA -- including the house right next door. She also sent this link, which shows some very similar styles.

http://architecture.about.com/librar...plan-sears.htm
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