Ancestry.com now has the complete collection of Sears, Roebuck and Company catalogs from 1896 to 1993, spring and fall seasons, available for viewing on its website. Comprising more than 250,000 pages ...

But if you turn the dial back a century, the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog was also a way to order a prefab home. One of these homes, listed at $290,000, just sold in Orma, WV.

Updated: Dec 2, 2019 / 07:34 AM CST WILMORE, Kan. (KSNW) – A century-old historic house in Wilmore, Kansas is one of 75,000 Sears and Roebuck Catalog houses sold in the early 1900s.

According to searsarchives.com, the first Sears Modern Home catalog in 1908 featured 22 different styles, with prices ranging from $650 to $2,500 (about $20,000 to $78,000 today).

But if you turn the dial back a century, the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog was also a way to order a prefab home. One of these homes, listed at $290,000, just sold in Orma, WV.