Chicagoland is ground zero for Sears kit homes, mail-order bungalows popular in the early 1900s. They were available in many models, and a blog created to track their modern-day fortunes in the region has fingered a rundown "Osborn" model in the impoverished Roseland neighborhood. It's a large 2-bed with three porches listed as a short sale for $14,900. The daunting locale and onerous work demanded means the place is in serious risk of demolition. [Sears Homes of Chicagoland, previously]
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