A home in McCandless that was ordered from a Sears catalog in 1922 is now on the market. The house at 8828 Memorial Drive was one of the many home kits sold in the United States through the mail-order ...

The average cost to buy a home in Florida in 2025 is hovering around $385,000, according to Zillow’s most current Florida housing market data. But there was once a time, about 85 years ago, when you ...

As Sears stores close around the country, the longtime retailer’s legacy may be a catalog item it stopped selling in the 1940s: home kits. Estimates from the Sears Archives website suggest the company ...

On Saturday, Nov. 6, the Glen Ellyn Historical Society will present "The Story of Sears Roebuck Kit Homes." In the early 20th century, Sears, Roebuck & Co. used to sell "kit homes" that were delivered ...

For better or for worse, you're probably familiar with the process of assembling furniture. You're sent the pieces and the tools, and hopefully, you can take it from there. But what if you could do ...

2421 Troy-Schenectady Road, Niskayuna, dates to the 1770s. It was restored in 2020 by developer Joel Bisaillon. Developer Joel Bisaillon found piles of the former owner's belongings when he bought ...

FALL RIVER — Before there was Amazon Prime, there was the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog. The retail giant's catalog, printed from 1892 to 1993, featured any product an American consumer could ever need ...

VICTOR, N.Y. — Sears Roebuck and Co. started selling mail-order houses from its specialty catalog — the Book of Modern Homes and Building Plans — in 1908. It is reported that more than 100,000 houses ...

In her free time, Judith Chabot, a recently retired high school teacher, hunts for a particular kind of house. She browses Zillow listings, pores over historical mortgage records and scours ...

Uniquely is a Sacramento Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Sacramento area so special. Minnie Kendall’s Roseville house was said to ...

The Virginian-Pilot, January 12, 2006 "Suffolk Sun" Section, p. SU8 (posted with permission from The Virginian-Pilot) It's a house that may have arrived by boxcar, complete with thousands of parts, a ...