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Chaunte
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Hi. I was told my house is a Sears Roebuck home.
It was built in Iowa in 1925.



My house is almost identicle to the The Dayton (Model No. 3407)
The Dayton Home
but my roof line is different.

Does anyone know?
 
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Chaunte
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Being that the house is in Iowa it could be from Gordon-VanTine, a lumber company that operated in Iowa between 1908 and 1946. They offered plan book homes from which customers ordered lumber and kit home catalogs from which customers ordered pre-cut lumber. Plan Book homes will not have assembly stamps like pre-cut homes but you might find a shipping label on a piece of lumber.


Anyone familiar with the Gordon-VanTine company?
 
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Rosemary Thornton
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My money would be on GVT, due primarily to location, however, there are Sears Homes in Iowa (just as there are GVT homes in Illinois - and LOTS of them).

Shipping labels are a good bet, plus sometimes you'll get lucky and find part numbers on stamped lumber of the GVT. Perhaps Dale will stop by and answer this question more fully. He's the GVT expert. Smile

Rose


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