Mainecat Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 There were many of these Craftsman style homes around my neighborhood. I always lived the wood finishes. 1916 Sears catalog home. They shipped the entire house to you by railroad car. Sears was like Ikea before Ikea. Friends and family would come from all around to help the owner build it. Most were built in New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Sears sold more than 70,000 mail-order homes between 1908 and 1940. Some enthusiasts estimate that about 70% of Sears houses are still standing today. Sears provided building plans and specifications, along with the lumber and any other materials needed. The shipment included everything from nails, screws, and paint to prebuilt building parts, such as staircases and dining nooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 Value of $938 from 1916 to 2023 $938 in 1916 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $25,745.09 today, an increase of $24,807.09 over 107 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.14% per year between 1916 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 2,644.68%. This means that today's prices are 27.45 times as high as average prices since 1916, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 3.643% of what it could buy back then. The inflation rate in 1916 was 7.92%. The current inflation rate compared to last year is now 6.41%. If this number holds, $938 today will be equivalent in buying power to $998.13 next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry 976 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) x Edited March 8, 2023 by Jerry 976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 22 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Value of $938 from 1916 to 2023 $938 in 1916 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $25,745.09 today, an increase of $24,807.09 over 107 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 3.14% per year between 1916 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 2,644.68%. This means that today's prices are 27.45 times as high as average prices since 1916, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 3.643% of what it could buy back then. The inflation rate in 1916 was 7.92%. The current inflation rate compared to last year is now 6.41%. If this number holds, $938 today will be equivalent in buying power to $998.13 next year. Just print more money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member ViperGTS/Z1 Posted March 4, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Mainecat said: There were many of these Craftsman style homes around my neighborhood. I always lived the wood finishes. 1916 Sears catalog home. They shipped the entire house to you by railroad car. Sears was like Ikea before Ikea. Friends and family would come from all around to help the owner build it. Most were built in New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Sears sold more than 70,000 mail-order homes between 1908 and 1940. Some enthusiasts estimate that about 70% of Sears houses are still standing today. Sears provided building plans and specifications, along with the lumber and any other materials needed. The shipment included everything from nails, screws, and paint to prebuilt building parts, such as staircases and dining nooks. We were actually looking at one of those homes in Pa. a few years ago. Met our criteria for 5 plus acres and house was sound as far as we could tell.... But ended up buying in a different town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Steve753 Posted March 4, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, ViperGTS/Z1 said: We were actually looking at one of those homes in Pa. a few years ago. Met our criteria for 5 plus acres and house was sound as far as we could tell.... But ended up buying in a different town. From what you've said about were you live, you should've bought it instead of where you are now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member ViperGTS/Z1 Posted March 4, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Steve753 said: From what you've said about were you live, you should've bought it instead of where you are now. No....I bought a different place in Pa. with 8 acres.....very private. Just waiting to retire before moving there and selling current home. Don't get out there very much right now but have been doing some work to it such as in the process of finishing the basement etc. .....getting it all set to move into. Taxes are about half what I pay currently for a smaller home on 1 acre. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) In Minneapolis they are mostly shithole rentals over run with Baby mommas and bangers with bullet holes in the porch. The jews packed up got the fuck out and started the 1st tier suburbs because the knew what was coming and they were correct . Edited March 4, 2023 by Ez ryder 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Jerry 976 said: At one point Sears sold pretty much any and everything. My grandparents bought their headstone from Sears, Grandpa passed in 1965, grandma passed in 2010 we had to have a company fix the dates on the head stone, hers was 1910 - 19 - - - they fixed to to 2010 There are like 4 or 5 of the sears catalog enameled steel bolt together rambler houses in Minneapolis. Acctualy pretty cool small homes . Edited March 4, 2023 by Ez ryder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member EvilBird Posted March 4, 2023 Gold Member Share Posted March 4, 2023 The good old days . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 4, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 4, 2023 Dude that works for me grew up in a Sears home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 18 hours ago, steve from amherst said: Dude that works for me grew up in a Sears home. House I grew up in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 20 hours ago, steve from amherst said: Dude that works for me grew up in a Sears home. Was it a 50s steel one or the older wood frame deals ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 5, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 5, 2023 3 hours ago, Ez ryder said: Was it a 50s steel one or the older wood frame deals ? Wood frame ranch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 9 hours ago, Snake said: House I grew up in... A poor black family with a Yamaha? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 9 hours ago, Snake said: House I grew up in... A poor black family with a Yamaha? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Rosenberg Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 4 hours ago, steve from amherst said: Wood frame ranch My brother owns one in Hudson , a little cape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 6, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 6, 2023 10 hours ago, Sal Rosenberg said: My brother owns one in Hudson , a little cape This one was in South Lowell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnloverxtreme2 Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 company in town makes prefab houses. they ship ya the whole kit and kaboodle minus interior shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Rosenberg Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 8 hours ago, steve from amherst said: This one was in South Lowell South Lowell ? Brotha , you get a complimentary lifetime VFW membership when you closed on that place ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 14 minutes ago, Sal Rosenberg said: South Lowell ? Brotha , you get a complimentary lifetime VFW membership when you closed on that place ? Sal it was next to the Synagogue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Rosenberg Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 10 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Sal it was next to the Synagogue. How far was that from the projects that were next to the Dodge dealer ( 1400 motors ?) I did a brief stint there as a yute in the 70's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 7, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 7, 2023 13 hours ago, Sal Rosenberg said: How far was that from the projects that were next to the Dodge dealer ( 1400 motors ?) I did a brief stint there as a yute in the 70's oh yeah , 1300 liquers , 1400 motors and 1500 spics 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 7, 2023 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 7, 2023 13 hours ago, Sal Rosenberg said: South Lowell ? Brotha , you get a complimentary lifetime VFW membership when you closed on that place ? This kids place was off of wuborn street , right on the swillrica line. Back in those days south lowell was where most of the concrete forms companys recruited from. Unlike Billerica wich was roofers and pool guys. Or were the pool guys just from pinehurst ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Rosenberg Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 16 hours ago, steve from amherst said: This kids place was off of wuborn street , right on the swillrica line. Back in those days south lowell was where most of the concrete forms companys recruited from. Unlike Billerica wich was roofers and pool guys. Or were the pool guys just from pinehurst ? Lived in Swillerica in about 74ish on TCR rightdown the street from the VFW . Wasn't too bad as a kid as we could walk down to the Concord river about 400 or so yards from the house 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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