There was a time when Long Islanders could pick their dream home out of a catalog and build it themselves for no more than about $5,000. That was between 1908 and 1940, when Sears, Roebuck and Co. offered mail-order homes and shipped about 100,000 of them all over the country by rail. The orders included blueprints and all that someone would need to build it, including roofing, flooring, wiring, cabinetry, paint and doors. Read the full story here: nwsdy.li/4dJKbJk . . . #longisland #sears #realestate #longislandrealestate #longislandhomes