![The "Lexington" Model, Downers Grove](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090117114410im_/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/natlib/afc2001001/afc-legacies/IL/200002983/i0001.jpg)
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, Illinois, is the site of about 100 of these
Sears Roebuck houses.
Originally submitted by: Judy Biggert, Representative (13th District).
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