This is an authenticated Sears model No. 229. "Sears Roebuck" is listed as the architect on the building permit.
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5926 N. East Circle, Chicago.
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No. 229 from the 1914 Sears Modern Homes catalog.
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| Photo of the house taken during an architectural survey in the early 1970's.
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The Model No. 229 on East Circle was built in the fall of 1913. Model No. 229 was offered from 1913-1916, and in later years the floor plan changed and the house was called the Somerset.
If the front door is on the same side of the house as the dining room, the house is a very early version of the No. 229. The house in Norwood Park shows this layout.
This isn't a model you see every day!
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| Floor plan from the 1914 Modern Homes catalog. The front door is on the same side of the house as the bay window. |
The original owner was Otto Hanneman and the carpenter was W.G. Stoll. Hanneman, a metal polisher, paid $2,400 for the house, including labor. I'm not sure if he ever lived in the house.
5 comments:
I just found your blog, and I love it. I live in Oak Park, and so many of the Sear Catalog pictures look like homes in Oak Park. Do you know of any confirmed kit-built homes in Oak Park?
What is a good book/resource you use to find Sears homes. I found the archives of the home models, but is there a book that has them all listed with pictures?
Thanks
"Houses by Mail" by Katherine Stevenson and H. Ward Jandl. Should be in your library.
Mandy, here you go!
http://www.sears-homes.com/2013/07/a-trio-of-super-rare-houses-built-by.html
And some more Oak Park houses...
http://www.sears-homes.com/search/label/Oak%20Park
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