by Sears Homes | Aug 26, 2010 | Uncategorized |
I love trains, and especially steam engines from the early 20th Century. It is these trains that hauled that 12,000-piece kit from the mill in Cairo, Illinois to prospective homeowners throughout America. Trains are magical and amazing and intriguing and a marvel of...
by Sears Homes | Aug 24, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Years ago, my friend Rebecca Hunter drove me to an Midwestern suburb and showed me this Sears Westly (see pictures below). She made me close my eyes as we pulled up to the house. Sitting squarely in front of it, I exclaimed that it looked like a nice little Westly....
by Sears Homes | Aug 23, 2010 | Uncategorized |
How did Charleston, West Virginia end up with a large collection of kit homes from Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward and Aladdin Homes? Were these homes purchased for industry workers? Were they built by a local builder or developer? Or did word about these...
by Sears Homes | Aug 23, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Not surprisingly, there’s an abundance of Sears kit home in Northern Illinois. In fact, Elgin, Illinois has the largest known collection of Sears Homes in the country! This southwestern Chicago suburb has more than 210 Sears Homes! To learn more about the houses...
by Sears Homes | Aug 22, 2010 | Uncategorized |
My cutie-pie husband is from Elkins, West Virginia (see picture below). Wayne graduated from Davis and Elkins College in 1977, and Washington and Lee (School of Law) in 1980. This weekend (August 20th), we drove from Norfolk to Elkins to attend his cousin’s...
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