The "Lexington" Model, Downers Grove, Illinois

Sears Catalog Homes

The great American dream has been the owning of a home of your own. Sears Roebuck and Company helped to fulfill this dream for over 100,000 American families by offering for sale 450 different models of built-it-yourself home "kits" between 1908 and 1940. Downers Grove, Lombard and Villa Park Illinois, are the site of 100's of these Sears Roebuck houses.

Call Mary Reedy O'Connor to check if there are any on the market right now.