Historic Minocqua Rental

• Sears "Mail Order" Home

  From 1908-1940, Sears Roebuck and Company sold more than 100,000 homes through their Mail-Order Modern Home Programs. Entire homes arrived by railroad, including precut lumber, curved staircases-- all the way down to the nails, paint and varnish. Sears provided every detail to finish your new home. Familes picked out their home according to their need, taste and pocketbook. Sears provided all the material instructions and, for many, even financing for their new home.

  Although no official tally exists of the number of Sears mail-order homes that still survive today, a growing curiosity evoked by current homebuyers, architectural historians and enthusiasts has created an almost cult following and identified literally 1000's of these houses still survive today in varying degrees of condition and original appearance.

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