by Sears Homes | Mar 30, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Sears always had an interesting way of ciphering. The Calumet was a four-apartment kit “house” with 12 rooms. The “20 rooms in 12” was a little misleading. The eight mystery rooms were “bedrooms” which were really teeny-tiny...
by Sears Homes | Mar 26, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The simpler Sears Homes are the ones that are most difficult to identify, because there’s so little to distinguish them from other houses. The fancier the kit home, the easier it is to identify. The Altona couldn’t really be classified as a...
by Sears Homes | Mar 23, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The Sears Magnolia was their biggest, fanciest home, but the Sears Amsterdam was a close second. The Magnolia had 2,880 square feet of living area, and the Amsterdam was only 300 square feet behind, at 2552. Heretofore, we’ve found seven Magnolias in the...
by Sears Homes | Mar 15, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Sears offered 370 designs of homes during their 32 years in the kit home business (1908 – 1940), and not surprisingly, some models were more popular than others. One of the more unusual models is the Sears “Honor.” The only Honor I’ve ever seen...
by Sears Homes | Mar 14, 2012 | Uncategorized |
David Spriggs and I have spent countless hours reading old newspapers. We’re reading the Lake Mills Leader (Wisconsin) looking for more information on Addie Hoyt, and we’re also reading the Virginian Pilot, hoping to find a photo of the houses that were...
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