Another One Bites The Dust! Part II

by | Dec 22, 2015 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

How many homes must a nation tear down, before they can say it’s enough? Old kit homes, that is. Earlier this week, I wrote about a kit home in Haymarket, Virginia that is now on Death Row. Through the years, I’ve written about many kit homes that have...

A Bonnie Clyde!

by | Dec 28, 2014 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

More than 10 years ago, Dale Wolicki and I went tooling around Ohio, looking for kit homes. That was a lot of fun. Dale was an especially patient driver, pulling over repeatedly, whenever I would screech, “STOP THE CAR!” Back in those days, I was more...

Circled Head Dormer: The Happy Lorain

by | Dec 27, 2014 | Uncategorized | 5 comments

If a mother could have favorites, the Sears Lorain would be on my Top Ten list. I’ve always had a soft spot in my house-shaped heart for Cape Cods, and the Lorain is a classic example of a 1930s Cape Cod. In 1933, The Lorain was offered with the rounded dormer,...

Houses by George (Barber)

by | Dec 3, 2014 | Uncategorized | 5 comments

For years, I’ve heard my buddy Dale Wolicki talk about George Barber, and while I didn’t pay as much attention as I should have, I did note that the houses that Dale pointed out as being “Barber designs” were both grandiose and glorious....