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 | Aug 2, 2012 | Uncategorized |
When my dear friend Dale heard the saga about the threatened demolition of the Pop Culture Building (a mail-order kit home) at BGSU, he offered to send me photos of the other kit homes he’d found in Bowling Green, Ohio. Bowling Green has an impressive array of...
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 | Jul 10, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The Columbine (from the Latin word for “dove”) is Colorado’s state flower; it’s a perennial plant that grows naturally in meadows and forests. And it’s also a fairly unusual Sears kit house. The Sears Columbine has several unusual...
by Sears Homes | Apr 2, 2011 | Uncategorized |
As mentioned in Part 1, I recently visited Hopewell (Virginia) for the first time in several years. In early 2003, I went to Hopewell to give a talk on Sears Homes. The talk went well and I sold a bunch of books and I had a wonderful time. Unfortunately, there was a...
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