kinda kool

[gtblum]

Bumped in to this yesterday while looking for a new tablesaw motor. ARRGH! Thought I'd share it.

http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/

[AHI in AR]

I've come across a few mail-order homes that I assumed were Sears homes. I can't say with certainty that they were, but in either case they are interesting. You will find part numbers stamped on visible components such as rafter ends. They have a uniformity to framing member size and spacing that is usually missing in other homes of similar vintage.

[SonOfSwamp]

There were lots of kit-house vendors in the early 20th century, including but no limited it: Sears, Radford, Alladin, Gordon Van Tine, Lewis-Liberty, Sterling, Pacific Homes and Montgomery Ward.

A little Googling will turn up much interesting info.

There's an excellent Sears house a block from my house. And my house might be a kit house; there are two others on my street that vary only slightly from mine (ca. 1914).

WJ

[RickSab]

Craftsman Magazine also offered many kits and plans.

[gtblum]

I was surprised to see the many styles and material options.

Always thought of them as being more like military tract homes

[ghentjr]

Originally posted by gtblum

Bumped in to this yesterday while looking for a new tablesaw motor. ARRGH! Thought I'd share it.

http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/

They also made and sold barns. Check out this link

http://www.thebarnjournal.org/stories/s ... index.html