by Sears Homes | Sep 4, 2015 | Uncategorized |
It’s been known by different names: “Peacock Plantation” (in the 1960s) and more recently, “Bishop Manor Estate.” I like to think of it as, “The Eskimo Pie House.” The home’s builder and first owner was Fred Bishop. A...
by Sears Homes | Sep 19, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Magnolia. The very word elicits a memory of a spreading shade tree, a sweet scent carried on a summer’s breeze and a southern gentility. Magnolia is a great word, and it’s also the name that was given to Sears most beautiful and magnificent kit home. There...
by Sears Homes | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The following is a guest blog by a dear friend. I thought it was one of the best things I have ever seen in print, so it’s being shared here. I’m encouraging my dear friend to continue this writing and make it into a book. Leave a comment below if you...
by Sears Homes | Sep 11, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Heretofore, there are only six known Magnolias in the country. Six. And there’s one in Alabama! What is a Sears Home? These were kit homes, sold from the Sears Roebuck catalog from 1908-1940. The houses arrived by train, in 12,000-piece kits. (And you thought...
by Sears Homes | Sep 10, 2010 | Uncategorized |
On a prior post (Sears Magnolia in Piedmont, Alabama), I talked about photographing a Sears Magnolia in Piedmont. What I did not talk about was the trip. I traveled from Norfolk, Virginia to Atlanta, Georgia and met up with my friend Nancy (who lives in Acworth), and...
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