At one time the Sears Catalog was the source of many items for the home. It is hard to imagine, but you could also buy a house in the Sears catalog. Two homes at Fifth and Park Avenues in Perkasie are Sears homes. Each board in the house had a number on it indicating how the home should be assembled. Such prefabricated homes made the cost of purchasing a home more reasonable for the average worker.

This "Sears home" is in the bungalow style with its overhanging roofs and deep eaves. The building is located at 400 S. Fifth Street.		Tapered porch posts support the deep eaves of the roof.
Windows with divided lights (individual panes of glass) show the influence of the craftsman with the diamond shaped forms.		The front door show simple ornamental designs using rectangle and square shapes.
In an upstairs closet under the eaves one can still see the numbers from the Sears company used by the builder to assemble the pieces of the home in the correct order.		A simple closet design repeats the rectangular wooden patterns found throughout the home.