Sears began offering house plans in 1908. The first Sears Plan Catalog was published in 1908. According to the Sears Archives the first bill of sale for a complete “modern home” was in 1909. I know that isn’t accurate because the homeowner of the Sears 132 in Colorado Springs shared with me copies of all documentation with exception of the original blueprints which no longer exist.
Because of a few testimonials from 1908 I have more Sears Modern Homes built in 1908 to share.
Modern Home No 101 was one of the first plans offered by Sears when Sears Roebuck began offering homes plans in spring 1908. This model was slightly altered in 1910 when they clipped the gables. The last catalog that offered model 101 was the 1914 Modern Homes catalog.
This is the first of two Sears Modern Homes No 101 built by a Brighton Michigan carpenter, William Shannon.
This is the second Sears Modern Home No 101 that carpenter William Shannon built in 1908.
The two houses were built across from each other in Brighton, Michigan. The build dates in the county records are 1908. the testimony is from 1908.
Click here to see the testimony from William Shannon.
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