Another not-so-popular house, and yet, it sure is easy to identify! This house has many very unusual features that really make it “jump off the curb” at you.
The arrangement of the dormers on the second floor is pretty eye-catching (three windows in the front dormer, four on the side), as is the corner box window on the first floor. That’ll certainly get your attention! The dining room has a squared-bay with a window seat.
The 1200-square-foot house offered three small bedrooms on the second floor (and one bath), with a spacious living room (21′ by 13′), nice size dining room (12’6″ by 14’6″), and a decent kitchen with its own walk-in pantry.
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The Princeville, as seen in the 1919 catalog.
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The living room and dining room were unusually spacious. That corner box window was a staircase landing with a built-in seat. Very nice!
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Upstairs were three very small bedrooms and one bath.
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When I was writing "The Sears Homes of Illinois," Rebecca Hunter gave up three days of her life to drive all over northern Illinois so that I could take photos! Rebecca drove me right to this house in West Chicago. Two years later, I'm struggling to remember if this is my photo or Rebecca's photo! Let's say it's Rebecca's. 🙂 Photograph is copyright 2010 Rebecca Hunter and can not be reproduced or used without written permission.
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This is my favorite Princeville in all the world. It's in Clifton Forge, Virginia (near the West Virginia border), which is one of the prettiest cities in the entire country. This Princeville is in incredibly beautiful condition. Very nice!!!
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(Clifton Forge has an abundance of Sears Homes. Click here to see more!)
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Christiansburg, Virginia is near Roanoke and it also has several Sears kit homes, including this Princeville. The porch has been closed in, and that altered its look quite a bit.
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Rebecca found this Sears House through old mortgage records. Incredibly, this "modernistic" house in St. Charles is a Sears Princeville. YIKES!!!
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Hard to believe that the house in St. Charles (shown above) started out life as a Sears Princeville.
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There are many more Sears Princevilles out there!
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This is one of my favorites I’ve seen so far! It’s so cute and I love the unique little window seat on the staircase landing. The blue one in Clifton, Forge VA you have pictured is very cute! I want it. 😀