A Fine Sears House on a Champaign Budget
One of my favorite Sears kit homes is the Sears Dover. This little neo-Tudor is adorable, thoughtfully designed, well-laid out, relatively spacious and just as cute as a button. On the back of the house is a large shed dormer, creating plenty of room on the second floor for an additional two bedrooms and a full bath, giving the house a total of four bedrooms, two baths, large living room, dining room and kitchen.
For the late 1920s/early 30s, that was a good-size house.
Here’s a cutie-pie in Champaign, Illinois. This particular catalog page does not show price, but generally the Dover sold for under $3000. Pretty good deal.
This photo (and the one below) was taken in late February 2010, when I visited my daughter and her family.
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The Sears Dover as shown in the 1936 catalog
The Sears Dover in Champaign, IL
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Pictured below is another beautiful Sears Home, The Americus. This house is in Urbana, Illinois. So I guess we’d call it, a fine little Sears House on an Urbana budget?
Sears Modern Home, The Americus
The Sears Americus in Urbana.
Have you ever seen a Hathaway? I think it’s absolutely adorable. A genius way of dressing up a 2 story box. Lovely!
I am from southern Illinois. My father was raised in Cairo, IL. As I was looking through your posts/articles, I came across this one. Now, I could be wrong because I couldn’t tell you if a house was a Sears house for sure or not however, there are two homes in Olmsted, IL, about a 20 or so minute drive from Cairo (also sits on the Ohio River) that look a lot like the house above. Not exactly but very similar…especially the entrance way. Maybe when you are back in this area you can take a trip to Olmsted and given them a gander.
And the Sears Dover in Champaign is currently for sale now too.
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