Sears Lewiston, one of my favorites!

And here's a sweet little Lewiston in P-town!

Sears Oak Park from the 1933 catalog

This sweet thing is in Franklin, not quite Hampton Roads, but it's in the neighborhood!

Aladdin Plaza as shown in 1919 Aladdin catalog

The Pungo Grill in Pungo. Note the distinctive eave brackets. The porch on this house has been enclosed, but it's still a fine-looking Aladdin Plaza!

One of my all-time favorite Aladdin Plazas is in Norfolk, Virginia, about three miles from my home in Colonial Place.

Glenn Falls, from the 1929 Modern Homes catalog.

Glenn Falls in West Ghent (Norfolk)

Sears Alhambra from the 1919 catalog

Sears Alhambra in downtown Portsmouth

Sears Alhambra in Portsmouth, Virginia (Cradock area)

One of the distinctive features (inside) is that corner fireplace in the dining room! This is from the 1919 Sears Modern Homes catalog.

Sears Westly in Portsmouth on King Street. Photo was taken in 2004.

Sears Westly in downtown Suffolk

Sears Crescent

Sears Crescent in Larchmont section of Norfolk

Aladdin Kit Homes (a competitor of Sears) was very popular in Hampton Roads, probably because they had a massive mill in Greensboro, NC and shipping charges would have been affordable. Sears sold about 70,000 homes during their 32 years in the kit home business (1908-1940). However, Aladdin started in 1906 and went to 1981, selling about 75,000 houses.

This Aladdin Colonial pictured below is in Suffolk. For years and years, people believed the house pictured below was a "Sears kit home." This is not uncommon. This house (below) *is* a kit home, but it came from Aladdin, not Sears.

Aladdin - another kit home company - offered the Aladdin Colonial. This one is in Suffolk.

This is a kit home from Gordon Van Tine, a competitor of Sears in the kit home business.

Here's a Gordon Van Tine in the Ocean View area of Norfolk - and in perfect condition!

Aladdin Marsden from the 1919 catalog.

Aladdin Marsden in Port Norfolk (Portsmouth)

Aladdin was very popular in the Hampton Roads area. Here's an Aladdin Venus. Note the casement windows.

This Aladdin Venus still has its original casement windows. It's in Colonial Place (Norfolk).

The Beckley (from Sears)

This is The Beckley, which is in use as the Sexton's Office at a large cemetery in Newport News.

I've also found several homes from Gordon Van Tine in Hampton Roads.

This pretty little #594 sits on a large parcel of land in Chesapeake's Deep Creek area.

Sears Whitehall from the 1928 Sears Modern Homes catalog

Sears Whitehall just off Colley Avenue and 28th Street in Norfolk

Aladdin kit home: The Virginia

Aladdin Kit Home - The Virginia - in Norfolk's Colonial Place

Aladdin Kit Home: The Pasadena

Here it is, right in Norfolk's Lafayette/Winona neighborhood

As mentioned, Norfolk is full of Aladdins and here's the Aladdin Edison

An Aladdin Edison in Norfolk, within a few yards of the ODU campus.

Aladdin Detroit

A perfect Aladdin Detroit in Chesapeake