Webster Groves: Part V

To read Webster Groves, Part I, click here. Part II is here. And Part III can be found here. Lastly, here’s Part IV. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To read Webster Groves, Part I, click here. Part II is here. And Part III can be found here. Lastly, here’s...

Webster Groves, Missouri: Part II

A few days ago, I sent Rachel pictures of an intriguing bungalow I’d found in Webster Groves. I thought I’d seen it somewhere before, but she quickly identified it as “Design #122” from Henry L. Wilson’s planbook (published 1907). Henry...

Peace Pipes and Fourplexes: The Calumet

The Calumet is a rare Sears kit house that was offered for a brief time in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Sears did offer a few apartment buildings (yes, as kits), and the Calumet was one of them. My favorite feature of the Sears Calumet is the wall-bed, and the...