Uniquely is a Sacramento Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Sacramento area so special. Minnie Kendall’s Roseville house was said to ...

Onetime retail giant Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. Here’s a look back at a story from 2017 about how the kit homes it sold and shipped are still valued today. (October 22 ...

Thanks to the Internet, you can buy just about anything online and have it shipped to you in a few days or less. The process is reminiscent of the early 1900s, when people turned to mail-order ...

Thanks to the Internet, you can buy just about anything online and have it shipped to you in a few days or less. The process is reminiscent of the early 1900s, when people turned to mail-order ...

Is your home an “Honor Built home”? What is that you ask? Well, perhaps a Craftsman kit home would help answer the question. The Honor Built, (used in the advertisement) of Craftsman kit homes were ...

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 ...

If you think houses built from kits during the early 20th century were shoddy and cheap, think again. “These homes were solid and have stood the test of time,” said author and historian Rosemary ...

As Sears stores close around the country, the longtime retailer’s legacy may be a catalog item it stopped selling in the 1940s: home kits. Estimates from the Sears Archives website suggest the company ...

Also known as packaged homes or modular homes, kit homes are exactly what they sound like. A company designs, cuts, and prepares all the pieces you need to build a home, from pieces of wood to windows ...

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 ...

In her twenties, Judith Chabot learned that her mother grew up in a Sears kit home. Chabot said she was intrigued by the idea of people picking out houses in a catalog. Sears, Roebuck and Co. sold the ...

Once you turn off the main roads in Crete, you leave time in the rear-view mirror. Gone are store front shops, the big brewery and the large pizza restaurant. Travel along the tree-lined streets that ...