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Take a good look at the "truncated pyramid" roof of this log cabin.
You see hundreds of similar roofs across Montana. |
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During
the decades of 1900-1940 people could order a "kit" home from the "Sears &
Roebuck Catalog." |
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The
ready-to-assemble "kit" houses came with all of the pre-cut lumber and
hardware. |
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"Between 1908-1940, more than 75,000 Sears homes were built. Sears
"kit" homes |
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contained 30,000 pieces, including 750 pounds of nails, 27 gallons of paint
and a 75-page |
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instruction book. Sears estimated that the average carpenter would
charge $450 |
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to assemble those 30,000 pieces of house. The painter's fee: $34.50. Sears
estimated |
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that other skilled labor would cost $1 an hour. Prices for these
built-it-yourself "kit" |
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houses ranged from $600 to $6000." |
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* Excerpt from:
The Houses That Sears Built:
Everything You
Ever Wanted to Know About Sears Catalog Homes |
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There's a Radersburg "kit" house with an optional gable and porch. |
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There's always plenty of Radersburg buildings with the classic western
"False front." |
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Click here to see a half-log half-clapboard building
in Radersburg. |
Click here to see a favorite Radersburg cabin. |
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P.M. wrote
on 6/23/08 the building was a boarding house for miners. |
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Click here to see the old retail shops. |
Click here to see the Radersburg Baptist Church. |
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