The Daily Bungalow: kit house catalog

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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)

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.

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.