A 1921 catalog of Sears kit homes offers the Magnolia for $6,488. That includes both finding specific stamps, lumber marks, or hardware in your particular house that confirm it as a Sears kit home and also paging through the Sears kit home catalogs we list to match that hipped gable roof design and entry porch. I should have known. Aladdin Homes. Detailed in her book entitled, The Houses That Sears Built , Rosemary Thornton writes: "Between 1908 - 1940, more than 75,000 Sears's homes were built. I love the video from Chicago. Apologies for the delay. and in the enamel of bath tubs in a corner near floor level. That "Bungalow" stencil or stamping appears to be on the wall or roof cavity side of wood sheathing - and may indeed indicate that the home was built from a kit. 1915. which lacks the Sears identifying stencils on framing and other key details. Sears and all of the kit home manufacturers replicated popular house designs built before, during and after the kits themselves were available. NTL Stacks: NA8480.N61, Aladdin Homes. They are always welcome. Beginning in 1929, and not by coincidence, the volume of Sears Catalog houses sold dropped dramatically. I am about to sell and would love any help in finding out more to pass on to the next buyer. Please call or text 815-603-7338. Whatever Happened to Those Mail-Order Houses From the Sears Catalog? We also provide an ARTICLE INDEX for this topic, or you can try the page top or bottom SEARCH BOX as a quick way to find information you need. by Inspectapedia Com Moderator. Sears Is Crumbling, but These 9 Sears Catalog Homes Stand Tall Tell us about you so we know what to send. I'll be interested if you find any indication of just how widely plaster-lath construction was used in kit homes; our rock-lath article cited above gives some history, though not specific to kit homes; we need authoritative sources on the extent to which rock-lath or sheet-plaster systems were in wide use in North America before the 1940s. Specially prepared plaster was also sold in bags of the hard plaster and top coat hard plaster to be applied over this Sears plasterboard. NTL Stacks: NA8480.N61, Aladdin Houses. AUTHOR:Eric Beechem (no email) We recommend those books for any owner or serious investigator of Sears Catalog homes. SEARS KIT HOME IDENTIFICATION at InspectApedia.com - online encyclopedia of building & environmental inspection, testing, diagnosis, repair, & problem prevention advice. @Karen Marsh, NTL FOLIO TH4819.P7S435 1920, A Plan Book of Harris Homes.