A fact from Kit houses in Michigan appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 November 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that kit houses manufactured in Michigan were so popular that by 1918, houses from one Bay City company accounted for 2.4% of all housing starts in the United States?
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The vast majority of kit homes were not pre-fabricated homes. The lumber for the homes were pre-cut but none of the major components of the home were pre-fabricated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kithousefans (talk • contribs) 02:30, 11 November 2013 (UTC)Reply