by Sears Homes | Sep 11, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Say what you will about Facebook, but it is a great boon for those of us who love history. Recently, the Delaware County (Pennsylvania) History page on Facebook picked up an old blog I did about these lost houses built by Sun Ship Building Company in Chester, PA and...
by Sears Homes | Sep 8, 2013 | Uncategorized |
This Sunday (September 15th), I’ll be in Louisa, Virginia (near Charlottesville) giving a talk on the kit homes in Louisa County. In the last 12 years, I’ve given more than 250 lectures in 26 states, and the #1 comment I hear from attendees is, “This...
by Sears Homes | Sep 6, 2013 | Uncategorized |
At 11:58 a.m., on September 1, 1923, Japan was struck with an earthquake that was the worst natural disaster of their recorded history. A 60-square mile segment of the Philippine sea plate shifted, and the resulting tectonic release was a 7.9 earthquake. A few...
by Sears Homes | Sep 5, 2013 | Uncategorized |
My website recently hit 750,000 views. That’s a lot of people reading about Sears Homes. And with all those visitors, I also get a lot of “I saw a neighborhood just full of Magnolias” emails. And yet tonight (Thursday night), someone left a comment,...
by Sears Homes | Sep 4, 2013 | Uncategorized |
How many times have I driven the streets of Norfolk, searching for kit homes? Well, let’s just say it’s a number higher than 20. Earlier this year, I discovered a Martha Washington when Milton and I were on our way to buy some honey biscuits from...
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