Found this postcard in the Waynesboro Museum and just loved it. Plus, it appears to be from about the 1920s, which is when all my little pretties were built in Charlottesville.

First, the Carlins. I found five of them, in one three-block area. Someone in Waynesboro really loved their Carlins. Until recently, when someone really put a hurting on them. .

This one gets a special mention because it's been disfigured.

Yeah, they really did that. Poor Carlin. Poor little Carlin.

Lots of signs on the melancholy Carlin, but fortunately there were no signs that forbade flash photography.

I call The Hazleton the "House of Threes" because it has several groupings of three windows, in the dormer, on the side, and on the front (with two groupings of three windows flanking the front door). and it has six windows in that bay window on the side. Plus, Hazleton has three syllables!

While driving around her "Google Car" Rachel discovered this Hazleton on Bath Street. It's in beautiful shape and still has its original windows, siding and even front railings. What a treasure!

It's got the funky side window, too.

Also found a darling little Dover within one block of the railroad tracks.

Due to some thoughtless planting of oak trees and maples and such, I was unable to get a photo from the same angle as the original catalog picture, but I was able to see that there are three windows on the left side of this little Dover, just as it should be! Check out the interesting indent on the chimney!

The Sears Crescent, from the 1928 catalog.

Waynesboro also likes their "Crescents"!

Picture perfect!

And there's even one in Crozet, and it appears to be a restaurant.

The Glenn Falls was one of the biggest houses Sears offered.

Is this a Glen Falls? Sure looks like it, but Rachel Shoemaker found the auditor's records for the house and the "footprint" is wrong. Perhaps it's a plan book house. More on that below.

And Linda Ramsey (another Sears House afficianado) found an Alhambra on Main Street in Waynesboro.

What a beauty!! Do the owners realize they have a Sears house? Not likely!

The Sears Conway, as seen in the 1921 catalog. Note the brick pillar at the far right.

The Conway in Waynesboro also has that brick pillar at the far right, just like the catalog image.

The Strathmore is one of my favorite Sears Homes.

The windows have been replaced, and it's in brick, not stucco and faux half-timber, but it's the real deal. Look down the long right side and see how nicely it matches.

The Solace is a cute little house for Sears but wasn't hugely popular.

The pergola over the porch rarely endures through the decades.

Is this a Solace? I think it's very likely.

The original pergola on the front porch is still visible, and it's also a spot-on match to the catalog.

In addition to Sears, we also found some kit homes from Gordon Van Tine (another early 20th Century kit home company). Shown above is the cover of the 1918 GVT catalog.

The Bristol, as seen in the 1935 GVT catalog.

What a beauty, and it's a perfect match to the catalog image above!

This "charming bungalow" was very popular for GVT (1926 catalog).

Rachel also found this GVT #530 in Waynesboro. Another beautiful match!

Last but not least is this GVT #540, another very popular house!

It's had some remodeling done, but you can still see that there's a GVT 540 hiding underneath all that vinyl!

The Dumont is not a kit house, but a plan book house. With plan books, you ordered the blueprints and a list of building materials from a mail-order catalog. The homebuyer would obtain the building materials locally. Many thanks to Shari Davenport for sending me this image!

Perfect! Just perfect!

And there are two of them!