TAMAQUA – Jim Hain believes his grandparents, Charles and Catherine Houser, ordered a new house from a Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog in the late 1920s or early 1930s. “The house was complete ...

Beginning in1908, catalog customers could browse among styles and models of homes, then they could order all the materials to ...

TAMAQUA – Jim Hain believes his grandparents, Charles and Catherine Houser, ordered a new house from a Sears, Roebuck & Co. catalog in the late 1920s or early 1930s. “The house was complete ...

The house at 424 19th Street NW in Canton is one of the few Sears Magnolia catalog homes left in the U.S. Mary Cirelli had lived there since 2001.

The house at 424 19th Street NW in Canton is one of the few Sears Magnolia catalog homes left in the U.S. Mary Cirelli had lived there since 2001.

According to the national database, Sears Houses, the retailer — known at the time as Sears, Roebuck & Co. — sold blueprints, ...

The house that formerly belonged to German’s grandmother bears a resemblance to Model 272 in Pacific Ready-Cut’s 1925 catalog, though there are some caveats. The front of the house has been ...

When a $1.1 million Craftsman house in Boulder, Colorado, was first built in 1923, the materials came from a Sears catalog kit that cost $1,797, or the equivalent of around $32,000 today. Even ...

Before Folding 30 Years Ago, the Sears Catalog Sold Some Surprising Products The retail giant’s mail-order business reigned supreme for more than a century, offering everything from quack cures ...

People in the Sacramento area might think they own a Sears house. Here’s why these houses are often confused.

Sep. 5—TAMAQUA — Jim Hain believes his grandparents, Charles and Catherine Houser, ordered a new house from a Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog in the late 1920s or early 1930s. "The house was ...