The Sears Home in Needham, Massachusetts

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...

Old Kit Homes in New England, Part II

Sometime in the late 1910s, Mr. D. S. Chase of Grafton, Massachusetts bought and built a Sears Maytown in Grafton, Massachusetts. I discovered this when I was reading through the testimonials in a 1921 Sears Modern Homes catalog. The house in the 110-year-old snapshot...

Old Kit Homes in New England

Recently, I was reading the 1921 Sears Modern Homes catalog and found this testimonial, written by D. S. Chase of Grafton, Massachusetts. He built his Sears Maytown somewhere in Grafton, Massachusetts. The Maytown was one of their better homes and fairly distinctive...