The Pierre Menard House at 4230 Kaskaskia Road in Ellis Grove, Illinois.

The Pierre Menard House, located in Ellis Grove, Illinois, was the home of Pierre Menard (1766-1844), a successful trader who became the first lieutenant governor of Illinois from 1818 to 1822. Menard was born near Montreal, Canada on October 7, 1766. The third of ten children, Menard sought to make his fortune by trading furs in what was then "Illinois Country."

Having become a successful businessman by the age of thirty, Menard went on to become a successful U.S. political figure, eventually becoming the first lieutenant governor of Illinois, after having served as the presiding officer of the Illinois Territorial Legislature. Despite his various political accolades, including delegate to the Indiana Territorial Legislature, regimental Major, and being one of the select few chosen to help draft Illinois' first constitution, Pierre Menard is still remembered to this day for his good-natured will and for his generosity towards the poor.

The house itself is believed to have been constructed around 1815. It is an illustration of the Southern French Colonial (sometimes referred to as "Creole") and has various features which highlight this, including its beautiful veranda that wraps the building’s front façade and gable ends. The house is located within only a few hundred yards of the Mississippi River during certain periods of the year. Due to the annual flooding and erosion, the rest of the original town of Kaskaskia, Illinois' first capital, has been washed away.

The Pierre Menard House now stands as the only testament to where the first state capital once stood. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970. Also preserved by the state as the Pierre Menard Home State Historic Site, it contains a museum which includes audio-visual program. The museum is devoted to the Menard family, as well as local history, and is governed by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.

The two-story home is an unusually fine example of French Creole-style architecture and features early 19th-century period furnishings. The rooms on the main floor include the entry hall, parlor, master bedroom, dining room, two additional bedrooms, maid's room and a nursery. Behind the home is a period stone kitchen.

The grounds include a poteau sur solle (post-on-sill) privy, a reconstructed smokehouse and springhouse, and an historic herb and vegetable garden that is located near the kitchen.

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Pierre Menard State Historic Site.

Compiled by Neil Gale, Ph.D. 

The Rich & Complete History of Indian Boundary Park, Chicago, Illinois.

Indian Boundary Park at 2500 West Lunt Avenue in Chicago is a 13-acre urban park in the West Ridge community of Chicago that opened in 1915. 

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Map of Rogers Park and later the West Ridge communities showing Indian Boundary Road. Kenilworth Road is Touhy Avenue today.
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Indian Boundary Park is named for the territorial boundary established by the Treaty of St. Louis in 1816 between the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi tribes and the United States government.

After the U.S. Government bought the land as far west as the Mississippi River from Emperor Napoleon of France in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, they still had to work out treaties with the Indian tribes who recognized neither the Americans nor the French made a claim to their territory.

The Indian tribes ceded land in a 20-mile-wide corridor to the Mississippi River in the Treaty of St. Louis in 1816. The rest of the land outside the boundaries (both north and south) was still owned by Indian tribes until the Chicago Treaty of 1833.

Over the Fieldhouse Entrance.

Indian Boundary Village Marker: Long ago, Native Indians lived on this land. Before recorded history, the Mound Builders traveled the area, perhaps along the nearby ridge. Later, the Illinois Tribe hunted game and planted maize. Last was the Ottawa, the Chippewa, and especially the Potawatomi who lived here. The Potawatomi, which means "People of the Place of the Fire," lived in villages on the Indian Boundary Line, which runs through this Park.

The 1816 Treaty of St. Louis 

Like many diagonal streets interrupt Chicago's grid-patterned streets, Rogers Avenue comes from a past far earlier than the surveyors who laid out Chicago’s streets. An ancient Indian trail, the passageway we now know as Rogers Avenue, holds a special historical significance.

On August 24, 1816, the Treaty of St. Louis designated this particular trail to be a boundary dividing the land between the Indians and white settlers. Signed on behalf of the United States by Illinois’ first Governor, Ninian Edwards (1775-1833); Auguste Chouteau (1749-1829), and William Clark (1770-1838), of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and brother of the Revolutionary War hero Gen. George Rogers Clark, after whom Clark Street is named), the treaty was negotiated with the Council of Three Fires, the united tribes of Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi. White settlers were permitted to settle south and east of the boundary line.

The line ran southwesterly to what is now Ottawa, Illinois. The boundary existed until the Treaty of Chicago in 1833 when Indian tribes were driven out of the area.

This treaty line exists now as Rogers Avenue, which runs from Eastlake Terrace to Ridge Boulevard and then starts and stops a few times in the Chicago neighborhoods of Sauganash and Forest Glen. The same trail picks up again briefly as Forest Preserve Drive, just west of Narragansett Avenue and continues the path to Belmont Avenue between Highway 171 and River Road. Rogers Avenue is named in honor of the same man after whom the community of Rogers Park is named, Philip Rogers.

Although the boundary now exists in history, it has lent its name to a very familiar landmark in our community, Indian Boundary Park, which lies directly in the path of the trail. Further down the trail, at the end of Forest Preserve Drive, the history of the trail is further memorialized by the aptly named “Indian Boundary Golf Course.”

A historical plaque was installed at the Northeast corner of Clark Street and Rogers Avenue. Presently, it is partially hidden by the housing of the traffic light controller at this busy intersection.

The Plaque Reads as Follows
Indian Boundary Lines - Clark Street honors George Rogers Clark, whose brother William Clark, with Ninian Edwards and Auguste Chouteau, in 1816 negotiated an Indian treaty ceding land, including the Chicago site from Rogers Avenue to Lake Calumet. Erected by Chicago’s Charter Jubilee, Authenticated by Chicago Historical Society, 1937."

 

Indian Boundary Park
The Park was created in 1915 by the Ridge Avenue Park District (RAPD) for $3000 per acre. The Ridge Avenue Park District was the first of 19 neighborhood commissions established in 1896 to serve areas recently annexed by the City of Chicago.

Indian Boundary Park 1916 Stone Marker: This 13.06-acre Park commemorates the treaty of 1816, which established the land boundaries of the Potawatomi Indians.
Indian Boundary Area Council - 1979.

The Park was the 2nd most prominent of four passive parks created for middle and upper-class residents who were purchasing some of the "finest apartment buildings in Chicago (then under construction), besides the houses and (Chicago style) bungalows" per the Chicago Evening Post on July 11, 1925. Other Chicago parks were created for healthy outdoor activities for "the poor and immigrant communities." In contrast, passive parks were created for strolling through gardens and quiet activities such as bird-watching. 

Philip Rogers Home Site. Born in Ireland, Philip Rogers came to Rogers Park in about 1843 and bought 1600 acres from the government. Rogers first lived in a log house at Lunt and Western Avenues. Dies in 1856. The village was named after him in 1844. Erected by Chicago's Charter Jubilee. Authenticated by Chicago Historical Society 1937.

Richard F. Gloede of Evanston, Illinois, the park landscape architect who created many North Shore estate landscapes. Two stone columns (still in place) on Lunt Avenue marked the entrance to a large, oval perennial garden designed by Mr. Gloede with many shrubs and meandering paths. One can imagine people in the 1920s strolling or sitting in the Park with friends on a Sunday afternoon visit.

Old City Hall Keystone: Historical. This keystone was taken from the arch of the Washington Street entrance in the City Hall building Chicago, which was erected in 1877. Replaced by the present building in 1909. Presented to the Indian Boundary Park, July 4, 1927, by Julius H. Huber. Erected by the Ridge Avenue Park Commissioners.

The park was unique because it had no straight lines crisscrossing it like most other city parks. The park's eastern and northern lawns flow seamlessly into the front yards of the Park Gables, Park Castle, Park Manor, and Park Crest co-op apartment buildings. The original plan also included the lagoon and spray pool, which are still essential park features.

Indian Boundary Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Flying around Indian Boundary Park - 2016

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Indian Boundary Park Zoo

In the mid-1920s, the Ridge Avenue Park District opened a small zoo in Indian Boundary Park at 2555 West Estes Avenue with the donation of a black bear given by the district President, Frank Kellogg. Although many parks had their own zoos then, the animals were eventually transferred to Lincoln Park Zoo.

In the early 1980s, the community successfully lobbied to prevent the zoo from closing. The Chicago Park District spent $300,000 on repairs and new animal habitats, and work was completed in 1984. In 2013, the zoo at Indian Boundary Park finally closed. The remaining animals - a goat and some chickens - were moved to the Lincoln Park Zoo.

The former zoo has been transformed into an interactive play area with elements encouraging physical and imaginative play for children of all ages.

Indian Boundary Park Lagoon
The Park's lagoon, designed by Richard Gloede, is a 1.04-acre multi-habitat natural area with prairie plants at its north end; the Park's west end is the former site of a small prairie planting. The lagoon contains wetland vegetation, while grassland plants dominate the island in the middle of the lagoon.

In 2001, the lagoon and the prairie areas underwent a restoration, while the island saw the planting of Bur oaks. Periodic controlled burns maintain plants on the island and the prairie.

Flying around the Lagoon at Indian Boundary Park - 2016

Indian Boundary Park Bird Sanctuary - 2010

Indian Boundary Park Fieldhouse

The Fieldhouse incorporates Indian interior elements and is a Tudor revival "Arts and Crafts" style structure. It was designed by Clarence Hatzfeld, who is responsible for many of the Chicago Park District's distinctive public buildings, including the nearby Green Briar Park & Chippewa Parks. Built in 1929, the structure serves as one of the twelve Cultural Centers of the Chicago Park District. It offers classes for all ages in theater, dance, visual arts, music, and performances presented to the public.

The interior design motifs acknowledge the Indians who lived here before being driven to the West. The motifs include an Indian Chief keystone carved in relief over the entryway, chandeliers in the Banquet Room/Auditorium featuring parchment as drums with bows and arrows, and Indian Head carvings on the walls.

The centerpiece of the Fieldhouse is the multi-use Auditorium with the original 1929 lighting fixtures and sprung maple dance floor.

This room is a theater rehearsal and performance space, dance studio, lecture hall, and music performance venue. Some music classes were conducted in the Auditorium on the newly restored 1929 Mason Hamlin grand piano.

The Basement is another multi-use space but is primarily the province of the theater program. It multi-tasks as an ample rehearsal space, black box theater, and gathering space for teen programs. 

The Ground floor Board Room and Solarium are where some visual arts classes occur because of the excellent natural lighting. In addition, smaller meetings take place there. The room is equipped with a piano for some music programs, and the ground floor front office, also equipped with a piano, is used for music instruction in a more private, one-on-one setting.

The Second floor has been devoted to the rapidly expanding stained glass and ceramics programs, complete with kilns for ceramics and glass fusing. In addition, the studio is set up with student workstations, each with easy access to storage and equipment.

In 2005, the Indian Boundary Park fieldhouse was designated a Historical Landmark by the City of Chicago and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Chicago Landmark Plaque: Indian Boundary Park Fieldhouse, Clarence Hatzfeld, architect, 1929. An unusual combination of the Tudor Revival style and Indian-inspired decoration distinguishes this park fieldhouse. The exterior features a slate roof, carved stone, patterned brick, and timber details. On the interior, and particularly unique and distinctive to this building, Indian imagery is incorporated into the light fixtures, woodwork, and sculpture. The fine quality of this Fieldhouse reveals the prominent place these buildings historically have occupied in the community life of Chicago's neighborhoods. Designated on May 11, 2005. Richard M. Daley, Mayor - Commission on Chicago Landmarks.

Robert Leathers Playground

The large playground was built by the community in 1989. Funds were raised over 3 years, and 1500 neighborhood volunteers constructed the playground in 5 days.

Fieldhouse Fire
An extra-alarm blaze severely damaged the Park's landmark fieldhouse on May 20, 2012. A partial roof collapse sent three firefighters to the hospital; two firefighters were treated for heat-related injuries, and the third firefighter was slightly injured. All three were checked out and then released from the hospital.

According to the Chicago Fire Department, the fire broke out around noon. Firefighters arrived quickly on the scene after the park supervisor called 911. The fire was caused by an electrical problem at the upper level of the fieldhouse. Windows were shattered, and interior beams appeared to have crumbled inside the fieldhouse.

Witnesses say there were at least eight fire engines on the scene. About 15 firefighters enter the building at one point through the thick smoke.

Indian Boundary Fieldhouse Fire - May 20, 2012

The Fieldhouse was closed to the public.

Fieldhouse Restoration
The entire restoration cost $1.5 million, but the tab was covered by the Chicago Park District's insurance policy, said park district spokeswoman Jessica Maxey-Faulkner. She said the restoration included all new electrical and interior finishes, a new slate roof, new steel roof beams, new copper gutters, masonry repairs, and restoration of "destroyed" historic chandeliers and wall sconces.

Indian Boundary Park Fieldhouse (Indian Boundary Park Center, today) offers theater arts, painting, dance lessons and much more.

Park supervisor Phil Martini said the fieldhouses' memorable Indian relief artwork, sculpted from plaster and wood trim, was all restored by an art restoration specialist. In addition, the Auditorium's ceiling was reinforced with steel support beams. The wood floors were also replaced.

The Indian Boundary Park fieldhouse reopened in January 2014.

The restoration of the burned-out Indian Boundary Park fieldhouse received two preservation awards;

• "Landmarks Illinois" was awarded the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award for the restoration project.
• The recipient of the City of Chicago's Preservation Excellence Award.

Chicago Park District opens Nature Play Area at Indian Boundary Park, August 7, 2014.

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Compiled by Dr. Neil Gale, Ph.D. 

Auditorium Building, Chicago, IL., under construction (1888)

The Auditorium Building in Chicago is one of the best-known designs of Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler.

Completed in 1889, the building is located at the northwest corner of South Michigan Avenue and Congress Street (now Congress Parkway). The building, which when constructed was the largest in the United States and the tallest in Chicago, was designed to be a multi-use complex, including offices, a theater and a hotel. As a young apprentice, Frank Lloyd Wright worked on some of the interior design.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 1970. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975, and was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 15, 1976. In addition, it is a historic district contributing property for the Chicago Landmark Historic Michigan Boulevard District. Since 1947, the Auditorium Building has been part of Roosevelt University.

The University of Illinois Observatory, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

The University of Illinois Observatory was constructed in 1896. It stands on South Matthews Avenue in Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois. 

Erected in 1896 at the behest of the Illinois General Assembly, the University of Illinois Observatory became important in the development of astronomy due, in large part, to pioneering research by Stebbins, from 1907 to 1922. Joel Stebbins left the University of Illinois in 1922 but left behind a legacy of discovery that helped alter the face of modern astronomy.

The building, itself, is in a traditional observatory design, Colonial Revival style, following a T-plan. The dome rises 35 feet in the air. 

The observatory played a key role in the development of astronomy as it was home to a key innovation in the area of astronomical photometry. The facility has been directed by such noted scientists as Joel Stebbins and Robert H. Baker.

Though none of the astronomical instruments are being used for professional research today, the observatory still contains a 12" Brashear refractor telescope.

 

Recent Photograph of the Refurbished 12" Brashear Refractor Telescope.

The building served the University of Illinois astronomy department from its opening until 1979, when the department moved into a new, larger building to house its growing staff.

The observatory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 6, 1986 and on December 20, 1989, the U.S. Department of Interior designated the observatory a National Historic Landmark.

In 2013 and 2014, the telescope and the dome were refurbished.

What is a Sears Modern Home and Sears Honor Bilt Home?

SEARS MODERN HOMES & SEARS HONOR BILT HOMES
From 1908–1940, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. sold about 100,000 homes, not including cabins, cottages, garages, outhouses, and farm buildings, through their mail-order Modern Homes program. Over that time, Sears designed 447 different housing styles, from the elaborate multistory Ivanhoe, with its elegant French doors and art glass windows, to the simpler Goldenrod, which served as a quaint, three-room and no-bath cottage for summer vacationers. (An outhouse could be purchased separately for Goldenrod and similar cottage dwellers.) Customers could choose a house to suit their individual tastes and budgets.

Sears was not an innovative home designer. Sears was instead a very able follower of popular home designs but with the added advantage of modifying houses and hardware according to buyer tastes. Individuals could even design their own homes and submit the blueprints to Sears, which would then ship off the appropriate precut and fitted materials, putting the homeowner in full creative control. Modern Home customers had the freedom to build their own dream houses, and Sears helped realize these dreams through quality custom design and favorable financing.

Designing a Sears Home
The process of designing your Sears house began as soon as the Modern Homes catalog arrived at your doorstep. Over time, Modern Homes catalogs came to advertise three lines of homes aimed at customers’ differing financial means: Honor Bilt, Standard Built, and Simplex Sectional.

 

Honor Bilt homes were the most expensive and finest quality sold by Sears. Joists, studs, and rafters were to be spaced 14 3/8 inches apart. Attractive cypress siding and cedar shingles adorned most Honor Bilt exteriors. And depending on the room, interiors featured clear-grade (i.e., knot-free) flooring and inside trim made from yellow pine, oak, or maple wood. Sears’s catalogs also reported that Standard Built homes were best for warmer climates, meaning they did not retain heat very well. The Simplex Sectional line, as the name implies, contained simple designs. Simplex houses were frequently only a couple of rooms and were ideal for summer cottages.

You may see many houses that partially or even closely resemble a house that you own or have seen. Look closely because the floor plan may be reversed, a dormer may have been added, or the original buyer may have chosen brick instead of wood siding. Plumbing may look like it was added after construction, or storm windows may appear on the house but not in the catalog’s illustration.

All of this and more are possible because the Modern Homes program encouraged custom-designed houses down to the color of the cabinetry hardware. The difficulty in identifying a Sears home is just a reflection of the unique design and tastes of the original buyer (see FAQs).

Construction
As mentioned above, Sears was not an innovator in home design or construction techniques; however, Modern Home designs did offer distinct advantages over other construction methods. The ability to mass-produce the materials used in Sears homes lessened manufacturing costs, which lowered purchase costs for customers. Not only did precut and fitted materials shrink construction time up to 40%, but Sears’s use of "balloon style" framing, drywall, and asphalt shingles greatly eased construction for homebuyers.

"Balloon style" framing. These framing systems did not require a team of skilled carpenters, as previous methods did. Balloon frames were built faster and generally only required one carpenter. This system uses precut timber of mostly standard 2x4s and 2x8s for framing. Precut timber, fitted pieces, and the convenience of having everything, including the nails, shipped by railroad directly to the customer added greatly to the popularity of this framing style.

Drywall. Before drywall, plaster and lathe wall-building techniques were used, which again required skilled carpenters. Sears Homes took advantage of the new home-building material of drywall by shipping large quantities of this inexpensively manufactured product with the rest of the housing materials. Drywall offers the advantages of low price, ease of installation, and added fire-safety protection. It was also a good fit for the square design of Sears Homes.

Asphalt shingles. It was during the Modern Homes program that large quantities of asphalt shingles became available. The alternative roofing materials available included, among others, tin and wood. Tin was noisy during storms, looked unattractive, and required a skilled roofer, while wood was highly flammable. Asphalt shingles, however, were cheap to manufacture and ship, as well as easy and inexpensive to install. Asphalt had the added incentive of being fireproof.

Modern Conveniences
Sears helped popularize the latest technology available to modern home buyers in the early part of the twentieth century. Central heating, indoor plumbing, and electricity were all new developments in home design that Modern Homes incorporated, although not all of the homes were designed with these conveniences. Central heating not only improved the livability of homes with little insulation but also improved fire safety, always a worry in an era where open flames threatened houses and whole cities, in the case of the Chicago Fire.

Sears Modern Homes program stayed abreast of any technology that could ease the lives of its home-buyers and gave them the option to design their homes with modern convenience in mind. Indoor plumbing and homes wired for electricity were the first steps to modern kitchens and bathrooms.

History of Sears Modern Homes
The hour has arrived. Dad gathers Mom and Sis into the carriage. He hops in the wagon with his brothers to ride off to the railroad station. The day and hour have come to greet the first shipment of your family’s brand-new house. All the lumber will be precut and arrive with instructions for your dad and uncles to assemble and build. Mom and Dad picked out Number 140 from Sears, Roebuck, and Company’s catalog. It will have two bedrooms and a cobblestone foundation, plus a front porch—but no bath. They really wanted Number 155, with a screened-in front porch, built-in buffet, and an inside bath, but $1,100 was twice as much as Dad said he could afford. In just a few days, the whole family will sleep under the roof of your custom-made Sears Modern Home.

Entire homes would arrive by railroad, from precut lumber to carved staircases, down to the nails and varnish. Families picked out their houses according to their needs, tastes, and pocketbooks. Sears provided all the materials and instructions and, for many years, the financing for homeowners to build their own houses. Sears’s Modern Homes stand today as living monuments to the fine, enduring, and solid quality of Sears craftsmanship.

No official tally exists of the number of Sears mail-order houses that still survive today. It is reported that more than 100,000 houses were sold between 1908 and 1940 through Sears’s Modern Homes program. The keen interest evoked in current homebuyers, architectural historians, and enthusiasts of American culture indicates that thousands of these houses survive in varying degrees of condition and original appearance.

It is difficult to appreciate just how important the Modern Homes program and others like it were to homebuyers in the first half of the twentieth century. Imagine for a moment buying a house in 1908. Cities were getting more crowded and had always been dirty breeding grounds for disease in an age before vaccines. The United States was experiencing a great economic boom, and millions of immigrants who wanted to share in this wealth and escape hardship were pouring into America’s big cities. City housing was scarce, and the strong economy raised labor costs, which sent new home prices soaring.

The growing middle class was leaving the city for the—literally—greener pastures of suburbia as trolley lines and the railroad extended lifelines for families who needed to travel to the city. Likewise, companies were building factories on distant, empty parcels of land and needed to house their workers. Stately, expensive Victorian-style homes were not options for any but the upper class of homeowners. Affordable, mail-order homes proved to be just the answer to such dilemmas.

Sears was neither the first nor the only company to sell mail-order houses, but they were the largest, selling as many as 324 units in one month (May of 1926). The origin of the Modern Homes program is actually to be found a decade before houses were sold. Sears began selling building materials out of its catalogs in 1895, but by 1906, the department was almost shut down until someone had a better idea. Frank W. Kushel, who was reassigned to the unprofitable program from managing the China department, believed the home-building materials could be shipped straight from the factories, thus eliminating storage costs for Sears. This began a successful 25-year relationship between Kushel and the Sears Modern Homes program.

To advertise the company’s new and improved line of building supplies, a Modern Homes specialty catalog, the Book of Modern Homes and Building Plans, appeared in 1908. For the first time, Sears sold complete houses, including the plans and instructions for the construction of 22 different styles, announcing that the featured homes were "complete, ready for occupancy." By 1911, Modern Homes catalogs included illustrations of house interiors, which provided homeowners with blueprints for furnishing the houses with Sears appliances and fixtures.

It should be noted that suburban families were not the only Modern Home dwellers. Sears expanded its line to reflect the growing demand from rural customers for ready-made buildings. In 1923, Sears introduced two new specialty catalogs, Modern Farm Buildings and Barn.

The barn catalog boasted "a big variety of scientifically planned" farm buildings, from corncribs to tool sheds. The simple, durable, and easy-to-construct nature of the Sears farm buildings made them particularly attractive to farmers.

Modern Homes must have seemed like pennies from heaven, especially to budget-conscious first-time homeowners. For example, Sears estimated that, for a precut house with fitted pieces, it would take only 352 carpenter hours as opposed to 583 hours for a conventional house—a 40% reduction! Also, Sears offered loans beginning in 1911, and by 1918 it offered customers credit for almost all building materials as well as offering advanced capital for labor costs. Typical loans ran at 5 years, with 6% interest, but loans could be extended over as many as 15 years.

Sears’s liberal loan policies eventually backfired, however, when the Depression hit. 1929 saw the high point of sales with more than $12 million, but $5.6 million of that was in mortgage loans. Finally, in 1934, $11 million in mortgages were liquidated, and despite a brief recovery in the housing market in 1935, the Modern Homes program was doomed. By 1935, Sears was selling only houses, not lots or financing, and despite the ever-brimming optimism of corporate officials, Modern Homes sold its last house in 1940.

Between 1908 and 1940, Modern Homes made an indelible mark on the history of American housing. A remarkable degree of variety marks the three-plus decades of house design by Sears. A skilled but mostly anonymous group of architects designed 447 different houses. Each of the designs, though, could be modified in numerous ways, including reversing floor plans, building with brick instead of wood siding, and many other options.

Sears had the customer in mind when it expanded its line of houses to three different expense levels to appeal to customers of differing means. While Honor Bilt was the highest-quality line of houses, with its clear-grade (no knots) flooring and cypress or cedar shingles, the Standard Built and Simplex Sectional lines were no less sturdy, yet were simpler designs and did not feature precut and fitted pieces.

Simplex Sectional houses actually included farm buildings, outhouses, garages, and summer cottages.

The American landscape is dotted by Sears Modern Homes. Few of the original buyers and builders remain to tell the excitement they felt when traveling to greet their new house at the train station. The remaining homes, however, stand as testaments today to that bygone era and to the pride of homes built by more than 100,000 Sears customers and fostered by the Modern Homes program.

This photo was taken soon after the construction of the Sears Homes was complete, and the sidewalks were paved.

The Standard Addition - 8 models for Standard Oil of Indiana built in Carlinville, Illinois, for a coal mine community.
Carlinville, Illinois, has the largest single collection of Sears kit homes in the United States. Beginning in 1917, Carlinville saw its population grow by one-third when Standard Oil of Indiana opened two new coal mines. An influx of young European immigrants coming to work the mines caused the town’s population to swell from 4,000 to 6,000, creating a severe housing shortage.

Standard Oil officials found a solution to this crisis in an unlikely place: Sears and Roebuck. For the first time, people could order home kits in a variety of models through the Sears mail-order catalog. Eight different models were selected for Standard Addition, ranging in price from $3,000 to $4,000, with the company placing an order for $1 million for homes, the largest in Sears history. By the end of 1918, 156 of the mail-order homes had been placed within a nine-block neighborhood on the northeast side of town.

In 1926, Standard Oil executives determined they could buy coal cheaper than mining it themselves, and they made the decision to close the mines. The closure devastated the town and required years before it fully recovered. The workers moved away, mostly to other mines, and abandoned the housing to the ravages of time and the occasional party-goers from nearby Blackburn University. Standard Addition remained largely vacant until the mid-1930s when the houses were offered for sale to the public. Families could purchase one of the run-down five-room homes for $250 and a six-room model for $500. Even in the midst of the Great Depression, comparable homes were selling for $4,000, so it was an incredible bargain for lucky buyers.

Today, 152 of the original 156 homes still stand. Four no longer exist on their original sites; three were destroyed by fire, and one was moved to the country. As the largest single repository of Sears Homes in the United States, Standard Addition has been the subject of several documentaries and has attracted the attention of architects and nostalgia buffs from around the globe.

Step inside - The story of my private tour of a Sears Modern Home in Carlinville, Illinois.

Chronology of the Sears Modern Home Program

1895–1900
Building supplies are sold through Sears, Roebuck, and Company general catalog 1906. Sears considered closing its unprofitable building supplies department.
Frank W. Kushel (formerly manager of the China department) took over the building supplies department and realized supplies could be shipped directly from the factory, thus saving storage costs.

1908
The first specialty catalog issued for houses, Book of Modern Homes and Building Plans, featuring 22 styles ranging in price from $650–2,500.

1909
Mansfield, LA, lumber mill purchased. The first bill of materials sold for complete Modern Home.

1910
Home designers added gas and electric light fixtures.

1911
Cairo, IL, lumber mill opens. First mortgage loan issued (typically 5–15 years at 6% interest).

1912
Norwood, OH, millwork plant purchased.

1913
Mortgages were transferred to the credit committee. Mortgages were later discontinued.

1916
Mortgages revived. Ready-made production began. The popular “Winona” was introduced and featured in catalogs through 1940. The first applied roofing office opened in Dayton, OH.

1917
Standard Oil Company purchased 156 houses for its mineworkers in Carlinville, Illinois (approximately $1 million), completed in 1918.

1917–21
No money-down financing was offered.

1919
The First Modern Homes sales office opened in Akron, OH. Modern Homes catalog featured the Standard Oil housing community.

1920
Philadelphia plant became the East Coast base. Sears averaged nearly 125 units shipped per month.

1921
Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Dayton sales offices opened.

1922
Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington sales offices opened. Honor Bilt homes feature deluxe kitchens with white-tile sink and drainboards and white, enameled cupboards.

1924
Columbus, OH, a sales office opened.

1925
Detroit sales office opened; Philadelphia became the East branch of Modern Homes. Newark, NJ, lumber mill began.

1926
Cairo, IL, plant ships 324 units in one month (May). Honor Bilt homes feature “Air-Sealed-Wall construction,” which encloses every room with a “sealed air space” to increase insulation.

1929
Sears began supervising the construction of homes. Sears shiped an average of 250 units per month from Cairo, IL. Nearly 49,000 units sold to this point. The program’s high point of sales reached ($12,050,000); nearly half, however, is tied up in mortgage loans as the stock market crashes.

1930
Sears had 350 different salespeople working in 48 sales offices. Home specialty catalog proclaims Sears the “World’s Largest Home Builders.”

1933
Mortgage financing discontinued. Construction supervision was abandoned, except in greater New York City. Modern Homes catalog featured models of Mount Vernon and New York City’s Federal Hall.

1934
Annual Report announced the Modern Homes department was discontinued. All mortgage accounts were liquidated ($11 million). Steel-framed, air-conditioned Modern Home exhibit featured at the Century of Progress World’s Fair.

1935
Sears reopened the housing department. Offered only houses, no financing or construction.
Houses were prefabricated by General Houses, Incorporated (Chicago).

1936
Sales reached $2 million.

1937
Sales reached $3.5 million. The last appearance of the department in the general catalog.

1938
Sales reached $2.75 million.

1940
Cairo, IL, millwork plant sold to the employees who used their profit-sharing money to make the purchase. Last catalog issued (Book of Modern Homes). Sears ends the Modern Homes program, having sold more than 100,000 units, not including cabins, cottages, garages, outhouses, and farm buildings.

Homes Index
Below is an alphabetical list of houses and prices as they were advertised in the Sears Modern Homes catalogs. Some models were available in different years. Not all models are represented. The description and floor plan, as featured in the catalogs are shown below.

BY MODEL NUMBER
1908-1939
Model Number 024; ($704 to $1,400)
Model Number 034; ($930 to $1,750) 
Model Number 036; ($601 to $1,200) 
Model Number 052; ($782 to $1,995)
Model Number 059; ($163 to $765)
Model Number 064; ($556, $1, 525) 
Model Number 070; ($492 to $1,275)
Model Number 101; ($738 to $1,740)
Model Number 101; ($738 to $1,740) 
Model Number 104; ($580 to $1,425) 
Model Number 104; ($580 to $1,425) 
Model Number 105; ($545 to $1,175) 
Model Number 105; ($545 to $1,175)
Model Number 106; ($498 to $1,190) 
Model Number 107; ($107 to $650) 
Model Number 107; ($107 to $650) 
Model Number 112; ($891 to $2,000) 
Model Number 113; ($1,062 to $1,270) 
Model Number 116; ($790 to $1,700)
Model Number 116; ($790 to $1,700)
Model Number 117; ($807 to $921) 
Model Number 119; ($1,518 to $1,731) 
Model Number 120; ($1,278 to $1,660) 
Model Number 122; ($915 to $1,043) 
Model Number 123; ($1,163 to $1,404) 
Model Number 125; ($587 to $844) 
Model Number 126; ($675 to $814) 
Model Number 130; ($1,783 to $2,152) 
Model Number 131; ($1,491 to $1,870)
Model Number 134; ($459 to $578) 
Model Number 135; ($733 to $853) 
Model Number 136; ($628 to $767)
Model Number 137; ($1,140 to $1,342)
Model Number 139; ($449 to $567)
Model Number 139; ($449 to $567) 
Model Number 141; ($419 to $531) 
Model Number 142; ($153 to $298)
Model Number 143; ($712 to $896)
Model Number 144; ($829 to $926)
Model Number 147; ($680 to $872) 
Model Number 153; ($1,142)
Model Number 154; ($2,287 to $2,702)
Model Number 155; ($1,080 to $1,118) 
Model Number 157; ($1,521 to $1,866) 
Model Number 158; ($1,548 to $1,845) 
Model Number 159; ($548 to $762) 
Model Number 163; ($1,110 to $1,282) 
Model Number 164; ($1,259 to $1,623) 
Model Number 165; ($1,374 to $1,518)
Model Number 166; ($1,001 to $1, 095) 
Model Number 174; ($795 to $940)
Model Number 175; (1232); ($815 to $1,732)
Model Number 176; ($1,455 to $2,141) 
Model Number 177; ($1,050 to 1,461) 
Model Number 178; ($1,250 to $1,611)
Model Number 182; ($902)
Model Number 183; ($745 to$908)
Model Number 186; ($746 to $790)
Model Number 188; ($926 to $984) 
Model Number 190; ($828 to $894)
Model Number 191; ($892 to $966)
Model Number 193; ($599 to $656) 
Model Number 194; ($599 to $656) 
Model Number 195; ($619 to $670)
Model Number 196; ($599 to $656) 
Model Number 198; ($834) 
Model Number 200; ($1,528 to $1,663) 
Model Number 202; ($1,389)
Model Number 204; ($1,318)
Model Number 205; ($707 to $744)
Model Number 207; ($1,148 to $1,174)
Model Number 208; ($814)
Model Number 216; ($402)
Model Number 225; ($1,281 to $1,465) 
Model Number 226; ($822 to $1,555) 
Model Number 228; ($1,182 to $1,280)
Model Number 229, ($670-$714) 
Model Number 241; ($412 to $429)
Model Number 243; ($1,006 to $1,037)
Model Number 264; ($819) 
Model Number 264; ($897 to $919)  
Model Number 301; ($1,261)
Model Number 306; ($1,363 to $1,561)

ALPHABETICAL

The Adams; (3059, 3059A); ($4,721)
The Adeline; (2099, 7099); ($696 to $971)
The Albany; (P13199); ($2,232)
The Alberta; (C107); ($330 to $596) 
The Albion; (3227); ($2,496 to $2,515)
The Alden; (3366); ($2,418 to $2,571)
The Alhambra; (2090, 7080, 17090A); ($1,969 to $3,134) 
The Almo; (2033, 2033B); ($463 to $1,052)
The Alpha; (7031, 7031); ($871 to $1,356)
The Alton; (2019); ($814 to $1,150)
The Altona; (121); ($697 to $1,458)
The Americus; (3063); ($1,924 to $2,173) 
The Amherst; (3388); ($1,608 to $1,917)
The Amhurst; (P3244); ($2,825)
The Amsterdam; (3196A); ($3,641 to $4,699) 
The Arcadia; (2032); ($267 to $946)
The Ardara; (3039); ($1,773 to $3,485)
The Argyle; (2018, 17018); ($827 to $2150) 
The Arlington; (145); ($1,294 to $2,906)
The Ashland; (C5253); ($2,847 to $2,998) 
The Ashmore; (3034); ($1,608 to $3,632) 
The Atlanta; (247); ($2,240 to $4,492)
The Attleboro; (3384); ($1,810 to $2,197)
The Auburn; (2046, 3199, 3382); ($1,638 to $3,624) 
The Aurora; (3352A, 3352B, 3000); ($989, $2,740)
The Avalon; (3048); ($1,967 to $2,539) 
The Avoca; (109); ($590 to $1,754)
The Avondale; (151); ($1,198 to $2,657) 
The Bandon; (3058); ($2,499 to $4,317) 
The Barrington; (C3260, P3241, P3260); ($2,329 to $2,606)
The Bayside; (3410); (No price given) 
The Beaumont; (3037); ($2,136 to $2,374) 
The Bedford; (3249A, 3249B); ($2,242 to $2,673)
The Belfast; (3367A); ($1,604 to $1,698)
The Bellewood; (3304); (No price given)
The Belmont; (237); ($1,204 to $2,558) 
The Berkley; (3401A, 3401B); ($1,110 to $1,435)
The Berkshire; (3374); ($1,564)
The Berwyn; (3274); ($1,249)
The Betsy Ross; (3089); ($1,412 to $1,654) 
The Birmingham; (3332); (No price given)
The Bonita; (197); ($619 to $1,207)
The Branford; (3712); $2,010 
The Bristol; (3370); ($2,958)
The Brookside; (2091); ($1,050 to $1,404) 
The Brookwood; (3033); ($1,328)
The Bryant; (3411); (No price given)
The Calumet; (3001); ($3,073) 
The Cambria; (251); ($998 to $1,771) 
The Cambridge; (3289); (No price given)
The Canton; (152); ($251 to $750) 
The Cape Cod; (13354A, 13354B)
The Carlin; (3031); ($1,172)
The Carlton; (3002); ($5,118)
The Carrington; (3353); (No price given)
The Carroll; (3344); (No price given)
The Carver; (3408); ($1,291)
The Castleton; (227); ($934 to $2,193) 
The Cedars; (3278); ($2,334)
The Chateau; (3378); ($1,365)
The Chatham; (3396); ($1,667)
The Chelsea; (111); ($943 to $2,740)
The Chester; (3380); ($1,433 to $1,535)
The Chesterfield; (P3235); ($2,934)
The Chicora; (2031, 031) ($257 to $798) 
The Claremont; (3273); ($1,437)
The Clarissa; (127); ($1,357 to $2,670) 
The Cleveland; (C3233); (2,463 to $2,739) 
The Clifton; (3305); ($1,660)
The Clyde; (118); ($1,397 to $2,924) 
The Colchester; (3292, 3292A); ($1,988 to $2,256)
The Colebrook; (3707, 3707A); ($1,608 to $1,728) 
The Collingwood; (3280); ($1,329 to $1,960)
The Columbine; (8013); ($1,971 to $2,135)
The Concord; (2021, 114, 3379); ($815 to $2,546) 
The Conway; (3052A, 3052B); ($1,310 to $2,099)
The Cornell; (3226A, 3226B); ($1,360 to $1,785)
The Corning; (3357); (No price given)
The Corona; (240); ($1,537 to $3,364) 
The Crafton; (3318A, 3318C, 3318D); ($916 TO $1,399)
The Cranmore; (185); ($637 to $1,283) 
The Crescent; (3084, 3086); ($925 to $2,410)
The Croydon; (3718); ($1,407)
The Culver; (3322); ($873)
The Dartmouth; (3372); ($2,648 to $2,864)
The Davenport; (3346); (No price given)
The Dayton; (3407); ($1,247)
The Del Rey; (3065); ($1,978 to $2,557)
The Delevan; (2028, 028); ($285 to $949) 
The Delmar; (3210); ($2,220) 
The Detroit; (3336); ($1,431)
The Dexter; (3331); (No price given)
The Dover; (3262); ($1,613 to $2,311)
The Dundee; (3051); ($733 to $1,405)
The Durham; (8040); ($2,498 to $2,775) 
The Edgemere; (199); ($647 to $1,124) 
The Ellison; (3359); ($2,185 to $2,845)
The Ellsworth; (3341); ($1,178 to $1,236)
The Elmhurst; (3300); (No price given)
The Elmwood; (162); ($716 to $2,492) 
The Elsmore; (2013); ($858 to $2,391)
The Estes; (6014); ($617 to $672)
The Fair Oaks; (3282); ($972)
The Fairfield; (No number given); (No price given) 
The Fairy; (3216, 3217); ($965 to $993)
The Farnum; (6017); ($917 to $942)
The Ferndale; (3284); ($1,340 to $1,790)
The Flossmoor; (180); ($838 to $2,124)
The Fosgate; (6016); ($616 to $722) 
The Franklin; (3405); ($1,118)
The Fullerton; (3205); ($1,633 to $2,294)
The Fulton; (3702); ($1,667)
The Gainsboro; (3387); ($1,475 to $1,548)
The Galewood; (3294); ($1,252)
The Garfield; (P3232); ($2,599 to $2,758) 
The Gateshead; (3386); ($1,345 to $1,392)
The Gladstone; (3222); ($1,409 to $2,153)
The Glen Falls; (P3265); ($4,560 to $4,909)
The Glen View; (3381); ($3,375 to $3,718)
The Glendale; (148); ($916 to $2,188) 
The Glyndon; (156); ($595 to $1,990) 
The Gordon; (3356); (No price given)
The Grant; (6018); ($947 to $999)
The Greenview; (115); ($443 to $1,462) 
The Hamilton; (102, 150); ($1,023 to $2,385) 
The Hammond; (3347); ($1,253 to $1,408)
The Hampshire; (3364); (No price given)
The Hampton; (3208); ($1,551 to $1,681) 
The Harmony; (3056, 13056); ($1,599 to $2,220) 
The Hartford; (3352A, 3352B); (No price given)
The Hathaway; (3082); ($1,196 to $1,970) 
The Haven; (3088); ($1,584)
The Haverhill; (3368); ($2,276 to $2,585)
The Hawthorne; (201); ($1,488 to $2,792) 
The Hazelton; (172); ($780 to $2,248) 
The Hillrose; (3015); ($1,553 to $3,242) 
The Hillsboro; (3308); ($2,215 to $2,803)
The Hollywood; (1259, 12069); ($1,376 to $2,986) 
The Homecrest; (3398); ($2,010 to $2,017)
The Homestead; (3376); ($1,319 to $1,566)
The Homeville; (3072); ($1,741 to ($1,896)
The Homewood; (P3238); ($2,610 to $2,809)
The Honor; (3071); ($2,747 to $3,278) 
The Hopeland; (3036); ($2,622 to $2,914) 
The Hudson; (6013, 6013A); ($495 to $659) 
The Ionia; (7034, 17034); ($695 to $1,038)
The Ivanhoe; (230); ($1,663 to $2,618) 
The Jeanette; (3283, 3283A); ($1.661)
The Jefferson; (3349); ($3,350)
The Jewel; (3310); (No price given)
The Josephine; (7044); ($998 to $1,464) 
The Katonah; (2029, 029); ($265 to $827) 
The Kendale; (3298); ($1,358)
The Kilbourne; (7013); ($2,500 to 2,780) 
The Kimball; (6015); ($635 to $638)
The Kimberly; (P3261); ($1,442 to $1,815) 
The Kismet; (216A, 2002); ($428 to $1,148)
The La Salle; (3243); ($2,530 to $2,746)
The Lakecrest; (3333); (No price given)
The Lakeland; (129); ($1,533 to $3,972) 
The Langston; (181A, 2000); ($796 to $1,898)
The Laurel; (P3275); ($1,912)
The Lebanon; (3029); ($1,092 to $1,465) 
The Lenox; (3395); ($1,164)
The Letona; (192); ($619 to $1,215) 
The Lewiston; (3287, 3287A); ($1,527 to $2,037)
The Lexington; (3045); ($2,958 to $4,365) 
The Lorain; (214); ($1,030 to $2,558) 
The Lorne; (3053, 13053); ($1,286 to $2,002)
The Lucerne; (103); ($582 to $1,390)
The Lynn; (3716); ($1,342)
The Lynnhaven; (3309); ($2,227 to $2,393)
The Madelia; (3028); ($1,393 to $1,953) 
The Magnolia; (2089); ($5,140 to $5,972)
The Malden; (3721); ($2,641)
The Manchester; (C3250); ($2,655 to $2,934) 
The Mansfield; (3296); ($2,292)
The Maplewood; (3302); (No price given)
The Marina; (2024); ($1,289 to $1632) 
The Marquette; (3046); ($1,862 to $2,038)
The Martha Washington; (3080); ($2,688 to $3,727) 
The Matoka; (168); ($950 to $1,920) 
The Mayfield; (3326); ($1,082 to $1,189)
The Maytown; (167); ($645 to $2,038) 
The Maywood; (C3232); ($2,658 to $2,914)
The Medford; (3720A, 3720B); ($1,715 to $2,068)
The Melrose; (P3286); ($1,698)
The Milford; (3385); ($1,359 to $1,671)
The Millerton; (3358); (No price given)
The Milton; (210); ($1,520 to $2,491) 
The Mitchell; (3263); ($1,493 to $2,143)
The Monterey; (3312); ($2,998)
The Montrose; (C3239); ($2,923 to $3,324) 
The Morley; (2097); ($837)
The Mt. Vernon; (55C1910); ($851 to $1,221) 
The Nantucket; (3719A, 3719B); ($1,360 to $1,536) 
The Natoma; (2034, 034); ($191 to $598) 
The New Haven; (3338); (No price given)
The Newark; (3285); ($2,048 to $2,678)
The Newbury; (3397); ($1,791 to $2,042)
The Newcastle; (3402); ($1,576 to $1,813)
The Niota; (161); ($788 to $1,585)
The Nipigon; (No number given); (No price given) 
The Normandy; (3390); ($1,598 to $1,867)
The Norwich; (3342); ($2,952)
The Norwood; (2095); ($948 to $1,667) 
The Oak Park; (3288); ($2,227 to $3,265)
The Oakdale; (149); ($1,549 to $3,067) 
The Oldtown; (3383); ($1,322)
The Olivia; (7028); ($1,123 to $1,283) 
The Oxford; (3393A, 3393B); ($808 to $999)
The Palmyra; (132); ($1,993 to $3,459) 
The Paloma; (2035); ($688 to $1,418) 
The Parkside; (3325); ($1,259)
The Pennsgrove; (3348); (No price given)
The Phoenix; (160); ($1,043 to $2,077) 
The Pineola; (2098); ($489 to $659) 
The Pittsburgh; (C3252); ($1,827 to $1,838)
The Plymouth; (3323); ($1,132 to $1,206)
The Portsmouth; (3413); (No price given) 
The Prescott; (P3240); ($1,715 to $1,873)
The Princeton; (3204); ($3,073)
The Princeville; (173); ($810 to $1,794) 
The Priscilla; (3229); ($2,998 to $3,198)
The Puritan; (3190); ($1,947 to $2,475) 
The Ramsay; (6012); ($654 to $685)
The Randolph; (3297); (No price given)
The Rembrandt; (P3215A, P3215B); ($2,383 to $2,770) 
The Rest; (7004); ($923 to $1,083)
The Richmond; (3360); ($1,692)
The Ridgeland; (3302); ($1,293 to $1,496)
The Riverside; (3324); ($1,200 to $1,257)
The Roanoke; (1226); ($1,784 to $1,982)
The Rochelle; (3282); ($1,170)
The Rockford; (C3251); ($2,086 to $2,278)
The Rockhurst; (3074); ($1,979 to $2,468) 
The Rodessa; (7041, 3203); ($998 to $1,189) 
The Roseberry; (2037); ($744 to $4,479) 
The Rosita; (2036, 2043, 2044); ($314 to $875)
The Rossville; (171); ($452 to $1,096)
The Roxbury; (3340); ($1,459)
The Salem; (3211); ($2,496 to $2,634)
The San Jose; (P6268); ($2,026 to $2,138) 
The Saranac; (2030, 030); ($248 to $927) 
The Saratoga; (2087); ($1,468 to $3,506) 
The Savoy; (2023); ($1,230 to $2,333)
The Schuyler; (3371); ($2,974)
The Seagrove; (2048); ($1,854)
The Selby; (6011); ($590 to $629)
The Sheffield; (P3266); ($2,033 to $2,098) 
The Sherburne; (187); ($1,231 to $2,581) 
The Sheridan; (3224); ($2,095 to $2,256) 
The Sherwood; (P3279); ($2,445)
The Silverdale; (110); ($1,623)
The Solace; (3218); ($1,476 to $1,581) 
The Somers; (P17008); ($1,696 to $1,778)
The Somerset; (2008); ($732 TO $1,576)
The Spaulding; (P3257); ($2,281)
The Springfield; (133); ($660 to $1,516) 
The Springwood; (3078); ($1,797 to $2,089) 
The Stanford; (3354A, 3354B); (No Price Given)
The Starlight; (2009); ($543 to $1,645) 
The Stone Ridge; (3044); ($1,995 to $2,229) 
The Stratford; (3290); ($2,122)
The Strathmore; (3306); ($1,627 to $1,757)
The Sumner; (2027, 027); ($237 to $853) 
The Sunbury; (3350A, 3350B); ($1,141 to $1,237)
The Sunlight; (3221); ($1,499 to $1,620) 
The Sunnydell; (3079, 3979); ($1,571 to $1,746) 
The Tarryton; (C3247); ($2,967 to $2,998)
The Torrington; (3355); ($3,189)
The Trenton; (3351); (No price given)
The Uriel; (3052); ($1,374 to $1,527)
The Valley; (6000); ($904 to $989) 
The Vallonia; (3049); ($1,465 to $2,479) 
The Van Dorn; (P3234); ($1,576 to $2,249)
The Van Jean; (C3267A, C3267B); ($2,499 to $2,899)
The Van Page; (P3242); ($2,650)
The Verndale; (6003); ($900 to $1,130)
The Verona; (3201); ($2,461 to $4,347) 
The Vinemont; (6002); ($747 to $830)
The Vinita; (6001); ($1,154 to $1,240) 
The Wabash; (2003); ($507 to $1,217) 
The Walton; (3050); ($2,225 to $2,489)
The Wareham; (203); ($1,089 to $2,425) 
The Warren; (13703); ($1,506)
The Warrenton; (3030); ($1,288)
The Waverly; (3321); ($1,234)
The Wayne; (3210); ($1,994 to $2,121) 
The Wayside; (107B, 2004); ($372 to $945)
The Webster; (3369); ($3,204)
The Wellington; (3223); ($1,760 to $1,998) 
The Westly; (2026, 3085); ($926 to $2,543)
The Wexford; (3337A, 3337B); (No Price Given)
The Wheaton; (3312); ($1,235)
The Whitehall; (181); ($687 to $1,863) 
The Willard; (3265); ($1,477 to $1,997)
The Wilmore; (3327); ($1,191 to $1,414)
The Windermere; (1208); ($3,410 to $3,534) 
The Windsor; (3193); ($1,216 to $1,605) 
The Winona; (2010A, 2010B); ($744 to $1,998)
The Winona; (C2010, C2010B); ($744 to $1,998)
The Winthrop; (P3264); ($1,921)
The Woodland; (2007); ($938 to $2,480) 
The Worchester; (3291); ($2,315)
The Yates; (3711, 3711A); ($1,812 to $2,058)

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