Sure, you're familiar with ordering curtains or clothing from a Sears catalog. And following instructions to assemble a model airplane is nothing out of the ordinary. But how about ordering a house ...

"What most people don't know is just how radical the catalog was in the era of Jim Crow," Louis Hyman, an associate professor of history at Cornell University, wrote in a Twitter thread that was ...

MCCANDLESS TOWNSHIP, Pa. — If home is where the heart is, then those living in houses built from Sears’ mail-order kits may have fallen head-over-heels. Statewide, about 1,900 Sears catalog homes have ...

CARLINVILLE, ILL. — She speaks with the fervor of a woman possessed. In the cadence of a grange hall auctioneer, Laurie Flori jabs a finger at each house on her street, every one ordered from Sears, ...

We check in on an Iowa home or two ordered from a Sears Catalog in the 1920s. To commemorate Mail Order Catalog Day on August 18, we’ll check in on an Iowa home or two ordered from a Sears Catalog in ...

Monday's announcement that Sears would file for bankruptcy and close 142 stores came as little surprise to anyone who has followed the retail giant's collapse in recent years. Still, the news inspired ...