by Sears Homes | Apr 26, 2013 | Uncategorized |
“The Bellewood is another happy combination of a well laid out floor plan with a modern exterior” (1932 Sears Modern Homes catalog). And it’s also a real cutie-pie of a house. With only 1,000 square feet of living area, it’s not surprising...
by Sears Homes | Apr 21, 2013 | Uncategorized |
There are many ways to find a Sears House, but Andrew and Wendy Mutch found a very rare Sears House in Ann Arbor using a technique I had never thought about before: Reading the obituaries. They discovered an obituary for an elderly woman that mentioned the building of...
by Sears Homes | Apr 17, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Thanks the Historic Staunton Foundation, I’ll be returning to Staunton on May 2nd to give a talk on the kit homes of Staunton! As mentioned in a prior blog, Staunton has an interesting array of kit homes of all sizes, shapes and from several companies. And at 7...
by Sears Homes | Apr 10, 2013 | Uncategorized |
The Sears House Lady of Tulsa, also known as indefatigable kit house researcher Rachel Shoemaker, made a little detour the other day on her way home (as we kit house lovers are wont to do), and made a wonderful discovery: A supersized Aladdin Villa in Bartlesville,...
by Sears Homes | Apr 7, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Until I started scanning a 1914 Sears Modern Homes catalog, I’d never heard of Sears Modern Home 264P165. Prior to 1918, Sears Homes were given names rather than numbers, so we know that this unusual-looking home never made it to the 1918 catalog. In fact,...
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