![]() “This is something she wasn’t used to - flipping on lights with a switch or cooking on the electric stove,” says tour guide Anna Bradley.īut the conveniences helped give Laura more time to do as she pleased. Rose also paid for private phone lines to the farmhouse, in which Rose would live, and to the Rock House. “She paid for a dedicated electric line to come out from Mansfield’s electric source,” Jean says. “He was in charge along with Rose, and she kept every bill that was paid and everything that was ordered,” Jean says. Rose hired Springfield architect Eugene Johnston to customize the plans. Most appear to have been sourced either locally or through Springfield businesses, including Springfield Lumber and the Heer’s Department Store. ![]() Jean says she doesn’t know how much if any of the materials were ordered through Sears. Rose selected “The Mitchell,” an English-style cottage. From 1908 through 1940, Sears offered plans and fully measured, cut and fitted kits for homeowners to assemble the homes themselves or with the help of builders. ![]() Rose Wilder Lane - already a highly accomplished writer at that point - ordered the plans for the two-bedroom home from the Sears Modern Homes catalog. ![]()
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