by Sears Homes | Nov 30, 2013 | Uncategorized |
The Dutch Colonial has always been a favorite of mine. I’m not sure I can easily define why I love this house, but one of the reasons is the little extras – cut-out shutters, gambrel roof, plenty of windows, and best of all, those cute little benches by...
by Sears Homes | Nov 27, 2013 | Uncategorized |
“Penniman was not erased, it was dispersed” (R. Wythe Davis). While organizing my 2,000+ pages of research notes on Penniman, I found the above quote. It was in amongst some materials shared with me by author and historian Will Molineux. It offers quite an...
by Sears Homes | Nov 25, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Thanks to a well-organized city assessor’s office in Norfolk, I was able to see and photograph several vintage photos of our “Ethels” (in Riverview – Norfolk) from the late 1940s and early 50s. And I must say, it was very interesting! These...
by Sears Homes | Nov 24, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Anyone who’s ever ridden in a car with me knows that there’s an ever-present hazard: In the midst of conversation, I may go completely silent, close my eyes for a second or two, and then I utter those eleven words that all my friends dread: “Can we...
by Sears Homes | Nov 22, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Like thousands of good little schoolchildren before me, our elementary school class trekked off to see Colonial Williamsburg sometime in the 1960s. Little did I know that parts of this “Colonial” site were a mere 30 years old at the time. Despite being a...
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