by Sears Homes | Nov 20, 2014 | Uncategorized |
In August 2014, I traveled to Jacksonville to get photos of two Gordon Van Tine homes that were built side-by-side in the early 1920s and featured in a promotional booklet. While I was there, I drove around the rest of the city and discovered several kit homes, from...
by Sears Homes | Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized |
About 14 years ago, I excitedly dashed into the living room of our old house in Alton, Illinois and exclaimed to the husband, “I just saw my first Fairy!” Unfazed, he didn’t even look up from his desk, but merely asked, “And what kind of fairy...
by Sears Homes | Jul 29, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Update!! This house is now scheduled for demolition on August 7th. Click here to read the latest! A Sears House from Montgomery Ward? Yes, it’s true! But the sad news is, it’s slated for immediate demolition. Friday afternoon, I wrote a blog about the...
by Sears Homes | Mar 8, 2012 | Uncategorized |
My great aunt Addie has a lot of friends in Wisconsin. Even though Addie has been dead 111 years, she’s still a popular girl and Addie has more than 450 friends on Facebook. At this website, my blogs on Addie have been viewed by more than 40,000 people. And...
by Sears Homes | Jun 25, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The Magnolia was Sears biggest and best kit home, but the Ivanhoe was a close second. In my travels, I’ve only seen a handful. One of them was in Lewisburg, WV and the other was in Elmhurst, Illinois (see pictures of these homes below). I found a third in...
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