Sears Roebuck did not keep the records of which houses were built and where. Up until recently, researchers had to make educated guesses about what Sears house might be the top seller. We considered how many years certain models were offered in catalogs. We also considered the actual counts of houses that have been discovered and logged in the national database. No more guessing. We now have a definitive answer. In 1930, the Sears Home Construction Division issued a report that examined the types of house designs that the company sold since 1908. They analyzed what architectural styles their customers liked best during each time period. David S. Betcone was the head of the Sears Home Construction Division's architectural service. When discussing …show more content…
The biggest seller for Sears (at more than 1,700 homes built) was sold between the dates 1915 and 1927. Only one Sears model meets that criteria. The Sears Argyle. Sears described the Argyle bungalow: "It is a neat, well arranged, solidly constructed home, pretty without being too showy, not too large or too small, but just suitable for the average family." If that's not a description of a top seller, I don't know what is! Let's take a look at some Argyles and how they have changed over the decades. 820 Rosemary Terrace, Deerfield. This Argyle was built in 1925 or …show more content…
I wouldn't have guessed it was the #1 model (I would have guessed the Sears Crescent), but I would think it would be in the top 10. The Sears Argyle was a small house, about 1,000 square feet, and many of them have been demolished or have been added onto so much they are unrecognizable. The Sears houses that are standing today do not accurately reflect the breakdown of the houses that were built 100 years ago. 240 Lorraine, Glen Ellyn. How many Sears Argyles have we missed because they are hiding like this one? The report was issued in 1930 and Sears sold houses for another 12 years. Is it possible that another model outsold the Argyle in the final years? In a word, no. There is no way that any house Sears sold between 1930 and 1942 surpassed the record of 1,700 sold. According to Betcone, the top selling models in 1929 and 1930 sold about 100 each year. And during the Great Depression, Sears wasn't selling anywhere near the number of homes they sold in the 1920's. Even if the 100 houses per year benchmark was maintained every year from 1930-1942, that still would not beat the Argyle's total. Long live the
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The cobblestone house is one of the most identifiable structures in Western New York. These houses date back to the early 1800’s when many of the towns that people in the Rochester area live in were being founded. When driving down many of the streets you can find these houses scattered on the left and the right. They are marvelous to look at and are also strange because they are some of the only houses in the area to be built out of stones, not lumber.
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In 1980, sales increased to $120 million and the number of buyers increased to 2.1 million. More than 26 million catalogs were mailed and 2.2 million of customers ordered its products after receiving the catalogs. Out of all the products, Main Hunting Shoes was the Company’s most popular one that 175,000 pair was sold in that year.
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In this post I will re-examine another common “fact” about Sears homes that is frequently mentioned in the media and on internet sites. Why Did Sears Stop Selling Houses? "By 1940, home designs, specifications (and building codes) had become more complex, detailed, and demanding, including stricter requirements for electrical wiring and plumbing, and Sears abandoned the dwindling 'do it yourself' home market." "Increasingly complex house designs, the Great Depression, and federally sponsored mortgage programs (FHA) were the three primary reasons that Sears closed their Modern Homes Department. "
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Sears had managed to keep their company stocks good, but eventually it would have some problems. Why? Because around that time they had competitors to deal with in the retail industry such as Kmart Holding Corp, Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart and etc. This had led to be an all-out war battle had cause a problem in the stock market for Sears going further into the millennium. “According to the USA Today article, Sears Roebuck & Co. had gross about $41.1 billion sales in the American Retail industry and by then had already owned about 1,970 stores all over the country” (Sear, Kmart to merge. (2004, November
The Home Depot provides the supplies to assist with the new ideas, techniques and simple way to improve your life and home. The Home Depot was founded in 1978 in Atlanta, Georgia, by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. During this time, the store contained 25,000 products; compared to today’s store which carry 40,000 different home accessories and building supplies. In the beginning, the vision of the store was to be a warehouse full of products that sold to men and women, providing the best customer service. During the next five years The Home Depot placed stores in five different states, with Texas being one of them. Today the company has over 1,700 stores which are satisfying over 22,000,000 customers each week. These stores bring in approximately $64.8 billion ...
It will discuss the different types of dwellings throughout recorded human history from the perspective of how art and culture influences building design. This will fulfill my own curiosity to understand the different influences on homebuilding and design over the years and how people have dealt with these changes.
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In the spring of 1893 Wright decided to build his own house in Oak Park, Illinois. Taking six years to build, Wright was free to experiment with his objectives in residential architecture over the next twenty-year period. Designing and re-constructing his buildings was a continuous process. He always changed his designs. For twenty years this home served as an independent labatory for Wright. This too went under constant changes. Rooms were enlarged or added, ceilings heightened, the arrangement of the windows changed, and the entry route into the house was modified. Wright even allowed the growth of a willow tree to be uninterrupted by placing a hold in the roof of the studio.
People judge others and their success based on the location of his or her house, size of the house, and the interior furnishings of the house, and this is important to know when purchasing a house.