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西爾斯目錄住家
地方性遺產
您可能收過許多郵購目錄，販售各式各樣的物品；但您看過販售房屋的目錄嗎？
1908到1940年間，透過西爾斯目錄來選購他們住家的美國人多達100,000人！這些房子會經由鐵道運送，總共有約30,000個組件(不包括釘子及螺絲在內)，所有的主要零件都在這些組件內，而您所必須提供的東西只有一件，就是用來建屋的土地。
西爾斯目錄上的標語是「西爾斯...夢想的零售商」。一直以來，最重大的美國夢就是能夠擁有自己的家，而西爾斯製造了許多人負擔的起的房子。1908年時，型號107的售價介於$107至$650不定，依您挑選的項目而定；想想看，只要$107就能夠買一棟屋子的情景！除了可以節省材料方面的支出外，相較於便利屋的580個小時，興建一棟西爾斯住屋估計只需花費350個小時左右的木工。
這些郵購屋中，有許多都建於伊利諾州的Downer's
Grove；現在，建築歷史學家都會對這些房子進行研究，其中有許多棟，自興建完成以來就未曾變動過。
You probably receive many catalogs in the mail selling all types of things. But have you ever seen a catalog that sells houses?
Between 1908 and 1940, as many as 100,000 Americans bought their house from a Sears catalog! The houses would be shipped by railroad and would include about 30,000 parts - not counting the nails and screws. All of the major parts were there; the main thing you had to supply was the lot on which to build.
The tagline on the Sears catalog was "Sears...the selling of a dream." The great American dream has always been to be able to own a home of your own, and Sears made houses affordable to many people. In 1908, Model Number 107 sold for between $107 and $650, depending on the options chosen. Can you imagine being able to buy a home for only $107? In addition to saving money on materials, it is estimated that building a Sears house took only about 350 hours of carpenter labor, compared with 580 hours for a conventional house.
Many of these mail order houses were built in Downer's Grove, Illinois. Today, historians of architecture study these homes, many of which have been unaltered since they were first built.
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