My family members claim that an uncle built a house from a Sears chicken coop kit in 1945-46 by turning the floorboards upright to make the walls taller. I am trying to find additional information on this. Was it a common practice during/after the depression? I have a photo.

I recently purchased and am restoring a 1926 Sears Farnum. I would like to share photos of other Farnums.

I have what I was told to be a 1910 sears house in Stephen MN.

Looking thru the abstract it looks like it was built in 1905.

I have no idea of what style of house it is and I’m currently looking at selling this house for $22,500.00 its a two and quarter story house with a full basement , 3 bedrooms upstairs and a den.

Pictures can be seen on oxford realty .com in Grand Forks ND. Please comment if you have any further info on this property

You probably get this all the time, but I may have a house lead? It’s the rather rare Magnolia style.

In probability it is not a Sears home, but the rumor around the small town it is located in suggests that it is. It fits the general style/bones of the Magnolia, but some of the details are a bit different.

For example, in the old illustrations it appears the front porch roof is rectangular, whereas this one has a curved roof. The location is not at all where a house of this grandeur would be expected to reside, but I have been told that around the time this house would have been built, the town was hosting several wealthy families thanks to the coal industry.

I hate to give out locations on the internet, but if you’re interested feel free to email me.

I stumbled across your website today and think I know where there may be a whole neighborhood of these Sears(?) kit homes. The house I grew up in, while I don’t believe is one, is surrounded by these same style homes.

If you would like to email me, I’d be happy to email you the names of the streets so you can google them. Fascinating!

Here are what appear to be a valonia and a westley — these are west / sw of Cleveland

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=pinehaven+garden+center&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hq=pinehaven+garden+center&hnear=&radius=15000&t=m&cid=16136089530283708991&ll=41.433461,-82.064266&spn=0.033462,0.060081&z=13&source=embed

http://www.howardhanna.com/property/property.asp?PRM_MLSNumber=3358539&PRM_MlsName=NorthernOH

Well rats that first link doesn’t work — I’ll grab the address tomorrow.

@Lisa Kozlowski 39385 DETROIT RD, AVON OH

Like others, I ran across your website and it brought back a hidden memory. Back in the 1960’s I lived across the street from what I remember by dad said was, “a Sears House”.

Seven years ago I happened to be back in that small town , and I drove by my old house to snap a picture or two. I also snapped a pic as I was driving off of the ‘Sears House across the street.

Here it is: http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-DxJW9Np/0/X2/i-DxJW9Np-X2.jpg

Is it a Sears house? Model? (looks sorta like the Gladstone but not exactly)

Thanks!

Editing my above post. First. Apologies for posting in the wrong forum and second, it looks like a classic Fullerton.

Hi Rose, this is one of the owners of the pink house on Gosnold, if you get the chance, would you email me? We have some questions for you.

Rose, I am sending you an excerpt from an article in Johnson City Press, May 13 2013, in case you are interested:

Joseph A Brown built their house at the corner of Brown’s Mill and Ferndale roads a year after he built the mill (1929). A four-square brick, the house was built from a Sears, Roebuck and Co. that arrived in Johnson City on a train from Chicago.

Today the home is owned by his granddaughter, June Miller Gouge, and her husband, Ed, who raise llamas and alpacas on the farm and operate a small shop in the house known as Alpaca at JoNell Farm.

Two things left out: The title of the article: Brown Milling: a city business ahead of its time. And: The kit cost $3,500.