The Daily Bungalow: 2015

Friday, September 11, 2015

Tiny Kit House || The Olivia by Sears

Tiny House in St Louis - A tiny (638 sq foot) authenticated Sears Roebuck kit home. Take a look at what Sears House Seeker found.

Monday, August 24, 2015

1917 Montgomery Ward Mail Order Farm

Mail Order Farm House from Montgomery Ward

From the 1917 Coverall Paint Catalog.

Montgomery Ward Kit House and Buildings from 1917

Good Cattle Should Have Good Housing::Montgomery Ward Kit Barn

Montgomery Ward Kit Housing for Pigs and Chickens

The Farm Buildings are Kits

The Barn came from a catalog. The Chicken and Hog Houses too. (courtesy Cindy Catanzaro) From the 1917 catalog.

Montgomery Ward Kit House::Model "The Illinois" from 1925

The House, available as a kit. (from the 1925 catalog)

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Before the Ranch || Minimal Traditional Style || Order Yours Today

The Style is: Minimal Traditional

Aladdin Kit House from the 1953 Catalog

Minimal Traditional::This style is the Plain Jane of 20th century American residential architecture, but is being "discovered" by new home buyers as the style that immediately preceded the developer's suburban tract homes of the post-WWII period.

The example is a kit home from 1953, the Aladdin Parkway. Available in the late 40's - early 50's.

Here is the 1950 price list. Write a check for $3398, and see what happens next. Sears Homes of Chicagoland has mapped out the process for us.

Monday, August 3, 2015

The American Lumberman || House Plans from Your Local Dealer || 1920

A weekly trade journal for the lumber industry.

House Plan no. 125 from American Lumberman Magazine

Offered plan books to the trade that could be printed with the lumber company name for a nominal cost.

House Plan from: "Attractive Small Homes"

A Well Designed "Cottage Bungalow"

Small Cottage Bungalow from American Lumberman

Plan No. 125: An 1100 Sq. Ft. -- 2 Bedroom Cottage from your local lumberman.

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Defining Chalet Style || No Need to Travel

From: J. W. Lindstrom "Two Story Homes"

Design No. 228

Two Story Chalet Design

From: Preservation Nation Blog

Definition: "A timber dwelling, cottage, or lodge with a gable roof and wide eaves, indigenous to the Swiss Alps, but now found worldwide."

Thursday, July 9, 2015

Pacific Ready Cut Homes || Style Number 499

California Stucco House from Pacific Ready Cut

From: Loren Latker's -- Pacific Ready Cut Homes

Style No. 499. From the 1925 Catalog

Twenties California Style House from Pacific Ready Cut Homes

The Pacific Corporation sold it's Ready-Cut homes from 1908-1940. Considered to be the third largest mass producer of pre-cut houses in the United States, Pacific delivered approximately 40,000 units. Business for the company peaked in 1923, sales in 1925 were just 500 homes. In the 1920s working class people aspired to the "good life" of home and auto ownership and Pacific was there to provide the little California bungalow that they were dreaming of.

Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Queen Anne Style Architecture || What is it?

Queen Anne Style::Eldridge Historic District - Bellingham WA

Hodgson's American Homes:: from Antique Home

House Plan from Hodgson's American Homes. "The Russell" model.

More info on the "Painted Lady" of American architecture.

Link:
Queen Anne Style

Monday, July 6, 2015

Compare Sears Kit Homes || The Dover

1938 Sears Kit House::English Cottage Style

Little Sears Dover, my how you've changed. Sears kit houses from 1938 and 1940 show major changes in the Dover model exterior. The floor plans and footprint seem virtually unchanged.