Wonderful World of Westlys

One of Sears most popular kit homes was the Westly. It’s an easy house to identify because it’s quite unique. The roof line on the rear of the house does not come down as far as the roof line in the front. That dormer on the front is also pretty...

Lustron Homes

“Never before has America seen a house like this,” read a 1949 advertisement for the Lustron, also hailed as “the house of the future.” The Lustron was an all-steel house, with walls made of 2×2 20-gage metal panels, with a porcelain...