by Sears Homes | Apr 26, 2013 | Uncategorized |
“The Bellewood is another happy combination of a well laid out floor plan with a modern exterior” (1932 Sears Modern Homes catalog). And it’s also a real cutie-pie of a house. With only 1,000 square feet of living area, it’s not surprising...
by Sears Homes | Apr 21, 2013 | Uncategorized |
There are many ways to find a Sears House, but Andrew and Wendy Mutch found a very rare Sears House in Ann Arbor using a technique I had never thought about before: Reading the obituaries. They discovered an obituary for an elderly woman that mentioned the building of...
by Sears Homes | Feb 4, 2013 | Uncategorized |
“The Chesterfield home has an English ancestry which has stood the test of public favor for many centuries…” The Sears Chesterfield was indeed a nobby tudoresque design, but apparently it didn’t catch on. And it was offered only in the 1926...
by Sears Homes | Feb 3, 2013 | Uncategorized |
At first glance, the Rembrandt looks like a massive Dutch Colonial, but in fact, it was 1,672 square feet. As early 1900s housing goes, this was certainly a spacious home, but not dramatically so. However… Building this two-story home from a 12,000-piece kit...
by Sears Homes | Jan 29, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Apparently, Ypsilanti and nearby Pittsfield Township are “hot spots” for finding kit homes! Kit House Aficionados Andrew and Wendy Mutch have been supplying me with a plethora of first-class photos of kit homes from Sears, Wardway, Gordon Van Tine, Aladdin...
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