Several months ago, a friend called and told me that there was a Sears House in Marlentin, and that it housed the local insurance company. While visiting my husband’s family in Elkins, we made a side trip to Marlentin (which as about a 90-minute trip – one way!) to check out the purported Sears House.
As is often the case, the alleged Sears House was not a kit house from Sears, or Aladdin, or Gordon Van Tine or Lewis Manufacturing, or any other company with which I am familiar. However, while we were driving the streets of Marlentin, I found these Maytown Twins, about three blocks apart!
The Sears Maytown as seen in the 1916 Sears Modern Homes catalog
Close-up of the Sears Maytown
Sears Maytown in Marlentin, WV.
Sears Maytown #2 in Marlentin, WV. And it's for rent, too!
This Maytown has been turned into a duplex, but it's still a fine-looking house!
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I always wonder why they didn’t put a window in the left section of the turret in the Maytown – it looks silly without that window! But it also makes it easily recognizable!