by Sears Homes | Aug 12, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Sears gets all the ink, but fact is, Gordon Van Tine was a very substantial (and impressive) kit home company, too. You can learn a lot about GVT by visiting Dale’s website here. Sears sold about 70,000 kit homes, and Gordon Van Tine – based in Davenport,...
by Sears Homes | Jun 16, 2014 | Uncategorized |
There are many models of Sears Homes that I have never seen “in the flesh,” and Sears Modern Home #158 is one of them. It was offered only a short time (about 1910 to 1913), and yet, it was an attractive home with a good floor plan. I hadn’t though...
by Sears Homes | Feb 19, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Monday evening, a 50-second snippet of my interview with NPR radio host Jon Kalish, was featured on NPR’s program, All Things Considered. I haven’t had the nerve to listen to it yet, but I’m told that the program was well done. If you’d like to...
by Sears Homes | Jun 16, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Thanks to Staunton resident and old house lover Linda Ramsey, we’ve now made several fun discoveries of kit homes in Waynesboro, using only Linda’s photos, good work and persistence! (To read Waynesboro Part I click here. For Part II, click here.) And...
by Sears Homes | May 24, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Last week, I visited Needham, Massachusetts and spent time with my daughter, Anna Rose. After a Saturday morning breakfast, we were driving back to her house when I saw a house that caught my eye on Webster Avenue. As she pulled up to a nearby stop sign, I hopped out...
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