Houses by Mail: A Guide to Houses from Sears, Roebuck, and Company
Entry/Object ID
2023-FIM-0007
Description
"Housed by Mail tells the story of... precut houses and provides for the first time an incomparable guides to identifying Sears houses across the country. Arranged for easy identification in 15 sections by roof type, the book features nearly 450 house models with more than 800 illustrations, including drawings of the houses and floor plans. Because the Sears houses were built to last, thousands remain today to be discovered and restored. Houses by Mail shows how to return them to their original charm while it documents a highly successful business enterprise that emboided the spirit and domestic design of its time."
Physical Description: 361 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
