A Sears kit home today …?

Posted on July 31, 2023 by W. Keith Brenton

In the first novel of my cycle, “The Water Cure,” main characters Jen and Stan order (and build) a Sears catalogue home kit on Stan’s salary as a railroad shop man.

This article explores why home kits would be much more expensive today than inflation can account for.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90929404/a-sears-house-today-should-cost-32000-why-cant-you-buy-one

Home Number 167 from the Sears Catalog, available around 1912; a turreted Victorian two-story cottage with front porch and side bay window, but no gingerbread.
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About W. Keith Brenton

W. Keith Brenton is a retired communication specialist, minister and passenger train conductor, living and writing in the historic resort village Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He is the widowed adoptive dad of Matt and Laura, and Pop-Pop to one grandchild. He enjoys drinking the local water, but unfortunately doesn’t look any younger than his actual age.
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