KETC | Living St. Louis | Sears Homes
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Uploaded by ketc9 on Nov 1, 2007
From KETC, LIVING ST. LOUIS Producer Anne-Marie Berger takes a look at the history of Sears homes, ready-to-assemble houses available nearly 100 years ago in the Sears Roebuck catalogue. In 1908, these kit homes were offered in 370 styles and ranged in price from $50 to $5000. Families who selected a Sears home saved 1/3 the price it would cost to buy an already assembled, or 'normal', house.
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Besides "complexity" reason SEARS quit building this kits, I think was because Banks began to see oportunity in lending and robbing people. In that era, there was NO MORTGAGES! believe it or not!. Most of people buy homes in cash , or with money from family and friends!.
s7rey 11 months ago
One of these homes was featured on the TODAY show, in a segment called "How Much Home Can You get for $xx?" (or something along those lines). I think this one was going for around $300,000. It was very clean, simple and pretty.
mtm4882 2 years ago
Fantastic interview with Rosemary Thornton! Loved it!
beingfitandhealthy 2 years ago
I have a 100% purely original Sears Home ("Chelsea") in Monmouth County, NJ from 1908. I have original siding, windows, etc and was looking for tax incentives from my high property tax to keep my house original since the maintence is high to preserve it. Any advice on what I can do?
Kurtis570 3 years ago
We just bought a Sears home but didn't realize it until AFTER we bought it....what a cool find!! Her wealth of knowledge on this topic is unreal! Thanks for posting!!!
CJurasin 3 years ago
This is neat. I live in a Ridgeland. My kids are the fourth generation of my wife's family to live here. Still have the original invoice and packing list - which is like a book. Still a very solid house after all these years.
NJLouis66 3 years ago
I live in a Sears Starlight. Thanks for posting the clip!
lovesickpickwick 3 years ago
This is sooo very neat that there are still people in the world like yourself, who are so passionate about preserving and keeping alive the memory of the glorious old homes from the past.
Thank you Rosemary!
DeniseinCA 4 years ago
The Sears homes are fascinating. I would like to read Ms Thornton's books. She seems to know all about these beautiful homes.
Lucyashes 4 years ago
I have her books, if you have any interest in Sears homes at all, the books are so worth it.
Siouxlee 4 years ago