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A 1925 Colonial-style home in Washington, D.C., that sold last year for $1.06 million had humble beginnings. It was a Sears, Roebuck and Co. kit home, the Martha Washington, advertised in the company’s ubiquitous catalog for $3,727 in the 1920s.
“It was something that made it unique,” says Michael Spratt, an attorney who bought the house with his wife, Megan. “It was really solidly built.”
From 1908 to the 1940s, Sears,…