by Sears Homes | Jun 13, 2014 | Uncategorized |
The houses that DuPont built for their munitions workers at Penniman, Virginia featured “Beaverboard” interiors. Sounds pretty fancy, but in fact, it was an economical alternative to real plaster walls. Bill Inge lent me his “Sweet’s...
by Sears Homes | Jun 12, 2014 | Uncategorized |
For many years, I’ve wondered what it would be like to see a Magnolia in original condition. Now, I know. The Sears Magnolia in South Bend was recently listed for sale, and the Realtor kindly sent me a few pictures. It can be described in one word: STUNNING. Or...
by Sears Homes | Jun 11, 2014 | Uncategorized |
I keep saying that, don’t I? Fact is, there was a lot of cool stuff going on in the 1950s. Turns out, many of the finest people I know were born in the 1950s. I had lunch with one of them yesterday. Cynthia and I strode through the streets of greater downtown...
by Sears Homes | Jun 9, 2014 | Uncategorized |
When you drive into Sandston (Virginia), you might see this historic marker (shown below) which states that Sandston (a WW1-era DuPont munitions site) had “230 Aladdin houses, that were erected for plant workers.” That’s the “oopsie.”...
by Sears Homes | Jun 4, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Hubby (a self-described “old workhorse trial attorney”) argued a case before the Virginia Supreme Court (in Richmond) on Wednesday morning. I went with him, because I wanted to see how he did, and I also wanted to be part of the fun! And it was a lot of...
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