Sears Modern Homes Catalogs and Special Catalogs 1908-1940
These are Sears catalogs in my personal collection. This page gets updated frequently as I acquire more catalogs. If you would like a copy that is not watermarked you may email me at searhomes@yahoo.com
If you have any questions email me and I will be happy to answer your question!
Here are two very good sources for information about Sears homes: Rebecca Hunter and Rosemary Thornton.
Sears Indexes are available for viewing now!
There are two very helpful and resourceful facebook pages as well. Sears Modern Homes on facebook and Sears Homes Group on facebook
Sears 1908 4th edition
See the Sears Modern Homes 1908 4th Edition Catalog Here!
Sears 1908-09 8th edition
Sears 1908 Building Materials
1910-12 Sears How To Paint
Sears 1912 Building Materials
Sears Fall 1910 Spring and Fall 1911 and Spring 1912
Sears Fall 1912 Spring 1913.
See the Sears Modern Homes Fall 1912 Spring 1913 Catalog Here!
Sears 1914 Mantels, Consoles and Fireplaces
Sears Building Materials 1914
Sears Fall 1914 and Spring 1915
See the Sears Modern Homes Fall 1914 Spring 1915 Catalog Here!
Sears 1915 Building Materials
Sears Fall 1915 (Introduction of 25 ‘Machine Made, Already Cut Houses’), Spring and Fall 1916
Sears Fall 1916
Sears 1917
See the 1917 Sears Modern Homes Catalog Here!
Sears 1918
Sears 1918
Sears 1918 Barns
Sears 1919 Concrete Machinery
Sears 1919-Spring 1920
See the Sears Modern Homes 1918-1919 Catalog Here!
Sears Fall 1920 -Spring 1921
Sears 1920 Building Materials
Sears 1920 Home Comforts
Sears 1922 Building Materials
Sears Fall 1921, Spring 1922 and Fall 1922
Sears 1922 Farm Buildings
Sears 1922 Merchandise
Sears Spring 1923 and Fall 1923
Sears Spring 1924 and Fall 1924
Sears 1924 Farm Buildings
Sears 1924 Lumber
Sears 1925 Building Materials
Sears Spring 1925 and Fall 1925
Sears Spring and Fall 1926
Sears Spring and Fall 1927
See the Sears Modern Homes 1927 Catalog Here!
Sears 1927 Building Materials
Sears 1927 Plumbing and Heating
Sears 1927 Summer Cottages
Sears 1928 Western Division Offices
Sears 1928 Eastern Division Offices
Sears 1928 Concrete Machinery
Sears 1929
Sears 1929 Brick Veneer Homes
See the Sears 1929 Brick Veneer Homes Catalog Here!
Sears 1929 Paint
Sears 1930 Building Materials
Sears 1930 Building Materials
Sears 1930
See the Sears Modern Homes 1930 Catalog Here!
Sears 1930 testimonials
Sears 1931
Sears 1931 Building Materials
Sears 1931 Building Materials
Sears 1931 Plumbing and Heating
Sears 1932
Sears 1932
Sears 1933
See the 1933 Sears Modern Homes Catalog Here!
Sears 1933 Building Materials
Sears 1934
Sears 1935 Building Materials
Sears 1935
Sears 1935 Furniture etc.
Sears 1936
Sears 1937
Sears 1937 Paint
Sears 1937 Wallpaper
Sears 1938
Sears 1938 Cabins
Log Cabins and Summer Cottages
Sears 1939 How To Paint
Sears 1939
Sears 1940
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Oklahoma Houses By Mail by Rachel Shoemaker is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
RECOMMENDED READING:
The Houses That Sears Built by Rosemary Thornton
Finding The Houses That Sears Built by Rosemary Thornton
Purchase Rosemary Thornton’s books here!
Oklahoma Houses By Mail 
Hi, my sister and their family recently moved in a house in Columbus, Ohio. I think there are Sears houses there. Can you tell me where I can find help or would you know what they are? Thanks.
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I would be happy to help you identify your house. Just let me know the address or send me a photo.
I recommend the books of Rosemary Thornton for learning to identify Sears houses and also Houses By Mail.
And, yes, there are a few Sears homes in Columbus. I have id’ed a few for others.
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Hi Barb, yes the house at 188 S Westgate is a Sears house. That model is called the Westly. The other house unfortunately is not.
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Miss Rachel did it again! You are a genius when it comes to finding Sears houses. I see you found Magnolia #8 and I want to say congratulations to you.
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Dear Rachel,
Thank you for your time and generosity in scanning a page for me from one of your many Sears catalogs, that was so nice of you and please know most appreciated! Also, thank you for all the information you have available on your website, and for scanning and generously sharing so much from your catalogs to share on-line, much of which is very difficult to find and immensely helpful for research.
Sincerely,
Stacey
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Your research is amazing! The collection of Sears ephemera is unbelievable. Is that all?
Have you ever thought about writing a book? You should.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I enjoy your blog posts a lot.
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Hello Rachel, there are a couple of kit houses in my neighborhood. I was curious if my house was one. The address is 190 cleveland st, gate city va. Thanks
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Hi Brad,
I saw the real estate listing. No, this is definitely not a kit home.
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Dear Rachel Shoemaker,
My name is Luca Sabbadini from Summary Architecture in Porto, Portugal.
First of all I’d like to congratulate for your research, it’s an amazing job.
We are currently developing a Virtual-Reality exhibition focused on Offsite Architecture and the reasons why this process have been chosen so many times in history.
One of the projects we are going to include as a remarkable example is the Sears Homes Catalogue.
Other than 3d-Models, we are going to show some pictures for every building exhibited.
On this page you have lots of pictures we’d like to include in our work and I was wondering if you’d like to help by allowing us to use some of them (if you own the copyrights).
If you are interested or you want to know more about our work, we’ll be happy to share more information.
Thank you for your time,
Best regards,
Luca Sabbadini.
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Hi Luca,
Thank you.
Please email me at searshomes@yahoo.com and we’ll discuss this some more.
Rachel
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