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西尔斯目录住家
地方性遗产
您可能收过许多邮购目录，贩售各式各样的物品；但您看过贩售房屋的目录吗？
1908到1940年间，透过西尔斯目录来选购他们住家的美国人多达100,000人！这些房子会经由铁道运送，总共有约30,000个组件(不包括钉子及螺丝在内)，所有的主要零件都在这些组件内，而您所必须提供的东西只有一件，就是用来建屋的土地。
西尔斯目录上的标语是「西尔斯...梦想的零售商」。一直以来，最重大的美国梦就是能够拥有自己的家，而西尔斯制造了许多人负担的起的房子。1908年时，型号107的售价介于$107至$650不定，依您挑选的项目而定；想想看，只要$107就能够买一栋屋子的情景！除了可以节省材料方面的支出外，相较于便利屋的580个小时，兴建一栋西尔斯住屋估计只需花费350个小时左右的木工。
这些邮购屋中，有许多都建于伊利诺州的Downer's
Grove；现在，建筑历史学家都会对这些房子进行研究，其中有许多栋，自兴建完成以来就未曾变动过。
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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