by Sears Homes | Oct 28, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Recently, I was on the William and Mary College campus doing research on Penniman, Virginia. (You can read more about that here.) As part of the research, I was reading through the early 1920s college yearbooks and happened upon an interesting photo in the 1922...
by Sears Homes | Sep 25, 2013 | Uncategorized |
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by Sears Homes | Aug 27, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Sometime in the late 1910s, someone in Lincoln, Nebraska sat down with a specialty catalog from Sears & Roebuck and ordered a kit house called, “The Magnolia.” It was the grandest kit home that Sears offered, with almost 3,000 square feet, 2-1/2 baths,...
by Sears Homes | Aug 18, 2013 | Uncategorized |
In terms of actual sales numbers of kit homes, Aladdin was actually a bigger company than Sears, but these many years later, they’re not as well known. “Sears Homes” is to kit homes what Kleenex is to disposable tissues. It’s become a generic...
by Sears Homes | Jul 15, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Subtitled: How Time Changes Old Houses In a few weeks, I’m taking a road trip to visit a Sears Magnolia. In preparation for the trip, I’ve been studying the floor plan, and happened upon a little mystery that has had me (and many others in our Facebook...
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