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Restoring 100-yr old house-trying to find info, plans, or manufacturer to help w/original look, but how?

Have tried to ask in our community, but not many left who may have known. Any where to go online? What keywords would help narrow it down? Already tried with no results: "looking for 100-year-old Queen Anne Victorian house plans bay windows turret 2 verdanas" We were told a couple years ago that the house was one of a few prefab homes brought in by rail by Sears, but had contact with Sears Roebuck Homes author who felt sure that wasn't after seeing pictures. She thought perhaps Aladdin as Sears started building two years after our house was built. Have looked through hundreds of pictures. What to do?

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1. If it is 100 years old, i highly doubt it was a manufactured home. The origional builder is probably dead. Get with a living archetect that has experience with restoration homes. It was only about 50 years ago when Sears was selling homes.
2. bob villa this old house or go to a restoration class at home depot
3. Sears prefab houses are common. I have a number of house plans from that time frame. The Queen Anne Victorian could look like anything. If you can get a picture of it, that would be big help. Check with the local historian or newspaper for pictures. If that doesn't work , The exterior wouldn't change much unless they added on at some point. You could figure that out by the foundation. The interior could have been cut up badly or not much at all. The clues for that are there, but most people will not want a Queen Anne Victorian interior. I would restore the outside as much as possible, but a more modern interior would be fine.