page_title: Kit house
hierarchical_section_title: Kit house
caption_attribution_description: Cover of a kit home materials catalog published by Gordon-Van Tine Company, Davenport, Iowa, in 1922. I believe this image to be in the public domain because it was published in the United States before 1923. Found at [1]
context_page_description: Kit houses, also known as mill-cut houses, pre-cut houses, ready-cut houses, mail order homes, or catalog homes, were a type of housing that was popular in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere in the first half of the 20th century. Kit house manufacturers sold houses in many different plans and styles, from simple bungalows to imposing Colonials, and supplied at a fixed price all materials needed for construction of a particular house, but typically excluding brick, concrete, or masonry.
context_section_description: Kit houses, also known as mill-cut houses, pre-cut houses, ready-cut houses, mail order homes, or catalog homes, were a type of housing that was popular in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere in the first half of the 20th century. Kit house manufacturers sold houses in many different plans and styles, from simple bungalows to imposing Colonials, and supplied at a fixed price all materials needed for construction of a particular house, but typically excluding brick, concrete, or masonry (such as would be needed for laying a foundation, which the customer would have to arrange to have done locally).
caption: Cover of a 1922 catalog published by Gordon-Van Tine, showing building materials being unloaded from a boxcar
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