FALL RIVER — Before there was Amazon Prime, there was the Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog. The retail giant's catalog, printed from 1892 to 1993, featured any product an American consumer could ever need ...

I can’t remember when I first learned of Sears Roebuck homes, but it must have been decades ago. There are several in the county and one was on Greene County’s Tour of Homes when it was in Durham in ...

On Saturday, Nov. 6, the Glen Ellyn Historical Society will present "The Story of Sears Roebuck Kit Homes." In the early 20th century, Sears, Roebuck & Co. used to sell "kit homes" that were delivered ...

ast week, I wrote about Sears Roebuck kit homes and barns and noted before I had recently attended a lecture by Greenville Town Historian Don Teator, I was unaware Sears also offered barns as well as ...

75,000 kit houses were sold by Sears, Roebuck & Co. in the first half of the 20th century Glenn Garner is a form writer-reporter who worked heavily with PEOPLE's Movies and TV verticals. He left ...

What is a Sears kit home? Sears, Roebuck and Co. was one of several companies that sold complete home-building kits by mail order between 1906 and 1946. Sears was not the first; "Sears didn't even ...

Long before Amazon and internet shopping, you could buy almost anything from a mail-order catalog. Clothing, furniture, jewelry, toys, plant seeds. Even homes. From 1908 to 1940, customers could pick ...

JEROME, Ariz. (FOX 10) -- With the help of the internet, you can have just about anything shipped to your door within a matter of days, or sometimes even just hours. However, way back when people used ...

Built in 1918, this bungalow-style home is a unique and rare example of American architectural history. Over a century ago, Daniel A. Donovan and his wife Mary built the home where they would raise ...