by Sears Homes | Oct 24, 2010 | Uncategorized |
From 1908-1940, Sears sold houses by mail order. These 12,000-piece kits came with a 75-page instruction book that told the wanna-be homeowner how to put it all together. Sears promised that a “man of average abilities” could have it 100% complete in 90...
by Sears Homes | Oct 24, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In 1978, soon after my first husband and I were first married, we sat down and looked through a Jim Walter Homes catalog. The idea of building a kit home was hugely appealing to us. In the end, we decided to buy an existing home, but throughout the years, the idea of...
by Sears Homes | Oct 22, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In February 2010, I spent the better part of three weeks driving around the state of Illinois, looking for Sears Homes. After going through Cairo, I moved onto Metropolis. For those not familiar with Illinois geography, both of these small cities are in the southern...
by Sears Homes | Oct 22, 2010 | Uncategorized |
The following information on Sterling Homes originally appeared here, a website dedicated to Wardway Homes. All material is copyright protected and owned by Dale Patrick Wolicki and Rosemary Thornton. Original research on Sterling Homes is courtesy of Dale Patrick...
by Sears Homes | Oct 22, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In 2003, 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. Then...
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