If you want to learn more about Sears houses, the BIBLE is Houses by Mail by Stevenson and Jandl. Your local library should have a copy.

Also, if you want to learn more about Cairo, there is a great documentary that came out recently: http://www.betweentworivers.net/about.htm

Some of the houses linked/posted here are not Sears houses. The Aladdin in Grosse Pointe that p69 posted is a possibility. Need to see more of the other side.

Oldguy--the Magnolia is a rare Sears house. Georgian Revival houses are very common and most people misidentify that style of house as Magnolias. If you found one in Michigan, that would be a big deal to researchers!

Astonishingly, no one has indexed the locations of the Sears houses in the US. I started an index here:
https://plus.google.com/communities/...76485960169168

I run a website that ostensibly is about Sears houses in Chicago area, but I write about catalog houses all over the country. Anywhere there is an interesting story to tell!
sears-homes.com

Hope this information helps someone.

Lara