by Sears Homes | Aug 23, 2014 | Uncategorized |
In May 2014, we traveled to Wilmington, DE and Philadelphia, PA to do research at the Hagley Museum (Wilmington) and at the National Archives and Records Administration (Philadelphia). Along the way, we stopped at Carney’s Point, New Jersey to check out some of...
by Sears Homes | Apr 20, 2014 | Uncategorized |
…combined with the advantages of a two-story house! So promised the advertising copy that accompanied the pictures in the 1914 Aladdin Homes catalog. One week ago today, hubby (Wayne) and buddy (Milton) and I were wandering around Carney’s Point, NJ,...
by Sears Homes | Jun 11, 2013 | Uncategorized |
My husband and I recently returned from the Boston area, where we visited my daughter. For Sunday lunch, we landed in Concord, Massachusetts and on the way out of town, I spotted an Aladdin kit home – The Plaza. And what a beautiful Plaza it is! Much to my...
by Sears Homes | Mar 18, 2013 | Uncategorized |
In Summer 2004, I visited the beautiful community of Cape Charles (on the Eastern Shore of Virginia), to give a talk on Sears Kit Homes. The folks there in Cape Charles treated me like a queen, and left me with many wonderful and happy memories of their hospitality...
by Sears Homes | Mar 6, 2013 | Uncategorized |
In 1919, The Paloma was indeed a “two-story bargain.” The very modest 860-square-foot, two-story house cost a mere $1,131 which was a sound value. And all in all, it wasn’t a bad-looking little house. But it was little. Upstairs, they managed to...
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