by Sears Homes | Apr 25, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Last week, Elisabeth Witt of Wisconsin contacted me and said she thought there were a few kit homes in Shorewood, Wisconsin. I went to Realtor.com and entered Shorewood to do a quickie search, and one of the first hits was an Aladdin Venus! Click here to see the...
by Sears Homes | Dec 21, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Earlier this month, I did a blog on the sweet little GVT #114 that Dale found in Manheim, Pennsylvania. After that blog appeared, Dale was kind enough to send along two more photos of GVT Modern Home #114. I’ve never seen one in real life, but apparently this...
by Sears Homes | Dec 2, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Gordon Van Tine homes are not as well known as Sears, but they were a substantial competitor in the mail-order house business. GVT was founded in 1866 (as a lumber supply company) and evolved into a mail-order house company about 1909 (according to GVT expert, Dale...
by Sears Homes | May 7, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Last month, we drove from Norfolk to Philladelphia to visit the National Archives and Records Administration. En route, we took a slight detour to Carney’s Point, NJ to check out the houses in that neighborhood. Carney’s Point, like Penniman, eventually...
by Sears Homes | Apr 20, 2014 | Uncategorized |
…combined with the advantages of a two-story house! So promised the advertising copy that accompanied the pictures in the 1914 Aladdin Homes catalog. One week ago today, hubby (Wayne) and buddy (Milton) and I were wandering around Carney’s Point, NJ,...
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