by Sears Homes | Mar 30, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Yes Virginia, Hopewell has a few Sears Homes. In fact they have eight in their Crescent Hills area. And what’s even better than Sears Homes? Well, nothing now that I think about it. Hmmm. But wait, there’s more. Hopewell also has a significant collection...
by Sears Homes | Mar 30, 2011 | Uncategorized |
As mentioned in prior posts, Hopewell, Virginia is the proud owner of eight bona fide Sears homes in the Crescent Hills area. That’s well and good, but they also have entire neighborhoods of Aladdin kit homes in other parts of Hopewell. It’s a puzzle...
by Sears Homes | Mar 29, 2011 | Uncategorized |
As mentioned in prior posts, Hopewell, Virginia has eight Sears homes in their Crescent Hills neighborhood, but they have dozens of Aladdin kit homes throughout the city. It’s a puzzle why so much energy and ink is invested in these eight Sears Homes, while the...
by Sears Homes | Mar 29, 2011 | Uncategorized |
About 30% of kit homes were customized when built. That’s almost one out of three, and that’s one of the things that makes identification of these homes so difficult. And that doesn’t count modifications and remodeling! Today, some of these kit...
by Sears Homes | Mar 26, 2011 | Uncategorized |
One of my favorite parts of playing with kit homes is reading the testimonials in the back pages, from happy customers. Today, as I was scanning a 1914 catalog, I came across this testimonial. The writer is Charles Stoffel, and he explains that he’s quite...
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