Look back at 'kit homes' Sears pioneered the modern prefab house in the early 20th century Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Between 1908 and 1940, Sears designed 447 ...

But did you know that from 1908 to 1940, you could even buy the home itself from a Sears catalog? In 1908, Sears offered about 40 different house designs available as kit houses. By the 1920s ...

DuPont partnered with Aladdin to erect homes, churches, schools, a commissary, and a community center in the early 20th century, per the Hagley Museum and Library of Wilmington, Delaware. Kit ...

Minnie Kendall’s Roseville house was said to have been a kit home that arrived partially ... making use of well-known styles of the early 20th century such as Craftsman, which is easy to spot ...

Look back at 'kit homes' Sears pioneered the modern prefab house in the early 20th century Between 1908 and 1940, Sears designed 447 different housing styles, "from the elaborate multistory ...

Sears was not the first company to offer "kit homes," but the 1908 launch of Sears Modern Homes catalog, advertising a variety of home architectural styles and blueprints needed to build them, ...