by Sears Homes | Jul 6, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Sears Homes in Tulsa? That was my first thought when Rachel Shoemaker of Tulsa contacted me. She said that she thought there were several homes in her town. Now if she’d been writing from Illinois, Indiana, Michigan or Ohio, I wouldn’t have been so...
by Sears Homes | Apr 3, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I’ve seen a lot of houses in a lot of cities, but I’d have to say, the collection of kit homes I found in Raleigh is really remarkable. The houses were (for the most part) in wonderfully original condition, and the homeowners we met during our survey were...
by Sears Homes | Apr 1, 2011 | Uncategorized |
As mentioned in a prior post, I went through Rocky Mount, North Carolina several months ago and found a handful of kit homes, but apparently (without my handy dandy Garmin), I missed the good stuff. Today, I returned to Rocky Mount and this time (thanks to Garmin), I...
by Sears Homes | Feb 21, 2011 | Uncategorized |
When I first started playing with kit houses in 1999, Sears Homes were my specialty. It had taken me several months to memorize all those 370 designs that Sears offered during their 32 years in the kit house business (from 1908-1940). Before long I realized I had to...
by Sears Homes | Aug 17, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In the 1980s, I rode by this house (see pics below) and saw that it had been lifted from its foundation, and according to the placard in the window, was headed to a new site, about 2 miles west on Portsmouth Blvd (Route 337). A new foundation was prepared at the new...
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