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Tag: American Foursquare

American Foursquare home plan from a Sears kit mail order house catalog American Foursquare home plan from a Sears kit mail order house catalog
Categories Foursquare Homes, Old Houses

10 More Sears Foursquare Kit House Plans [Part 2]

Could your old American Foursquare house be from a Sears catalog? Check out these popular Sears Foursquare kit homes for the early 1900s.

August 18, 2022August 16, 2024
American Foursquare home plan from a Sears kit mail order house catalog American Foursquare home plan from a Sears kit mail order house catalog
Categories Foursquare Homes, Old Houses

10+ American Foursquare Sears Kit House Plans [Part 1]

Ever wonder if your old house was a mail order home? Check out this compilation of American Foursquare kit house plans sold by Sears.

July 27, 2022January 4, 2024
Gordon-Van Tine American Foursquare House. 1907 catalog Courtesy of archive.org Gordon-Van Tine American Foursquare House. 1907 catalog Courtesy of archive.org
Categories Foursquare Homes, Old Houses

25+ Foursquare Kit Homes By Gordon-Van Tine

A compilation of mail order catalog house plans for American Foursquare kit houses sold by Gordon-Van Tine, a competitor to Sears kit homes.

May 17, 2021January 5, 2024
Foursquare Houses in the News - a compilation from 2018-2021
Categories Foursquare Homes

American Foursquare Houses in the News

Compilation of American Foursquares houses in the news, including historic preservation awards, for sale, rehabilitated, house tours, etc.

April 23, 2021March 19, 2024
Illinois Wardway Homes mail order catalog - Foursquare House Kits. Courtesy of archive.org, 1917
Categories Foursquare Homes, Old Houses

25+ American Foursquare Kit Homes by Wardway Homes (Montgomery Ward)

A compilation of American Foursquare kit houses sold by Wardway Homes, a mail order house catalog through Montgomery Ward.

March 9, 2021March 19, 2024
Categories Foursquare Homes, Old Houses

15+ Foursquare Kit Houses by the Aladdin Company

A compilation of Foursquare kit houses sold by one of the largest mail order house catalogs, the Aladdin Company.

January 30, 2021March 19, 2024
American Foursquare House Quilt #foursquare #folkart #quilting #oldhouselove
Categories Foursquare Homes

American Foursquare Quilt Art (Interview with Amy Munson Designs)

A few weeks ago while scrolling through Instagram (i.e. procrastinating) I came across an intriguing post. The profile owner (Amy Munson) posted a picture of…

August 29, 2019December 17, 2023
The Waechter house in Pella, Iowa set to be demolished if this American Foursquare house cannot be moved by June 1st 2018. #housedemolition #historicpellatrust #foursquarehouse #pella #relocatehouse
Categories Foursquare Homes

American Foursquare in Need of a Lift

This week on Facebook I came across a post from The Historic Pella Trust in Pella, Iowa that deserves our attention this Foursquare Friday.  This one post…

February 23, 2018March 20, 2024
American Foursquare house #foursquarefriday
Categories Foursquare Homes

Foursquare Friday Kick-Off! #FoursquareFriday

Welcome to Foursquare Friday (#foursquarefriday)!  This is a little corner of the world for people who live in, work on, admire, or are just plain…

January 12, 2018December 17, 2023
Couple sitting with lobster and wine at a park bench on coastal Maine

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