Posted on April 17, 2009 by timpareti
Rebecca Hunter
Mail-order homes were popular from the early 1900s to the early 1950s. These homes were precut to order, using top quality materials that were purchased in bulk then cut to the exact size at the mill and shipped to the buyer.
The buyer typically would hire a builder to put the materials, which were numbered, [...]
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Posted on April 15, 2009 by timpareti
I was doing reasearch reccently at the Evanston Historical Society, located in the Charles Dawes Museum basement, when I stumbled onto something surprising. I found evidence that a listing of mine – 2302 Noyes – could possibly be a Sears Roebuck mail-order home.
The clue came from a building permit where a contracter noted that the [...]
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