by Sears Homes | Jun 4, 2015 | Uncategorized |
While doing research on Sears’ mortgages in Troy, Detroit, fellow researchers Andrew and Wendy Mutch found a mortgage for this house on Daley Road! It appears to be a Sears “Detroit,” which is a model I’ve never seen before – so that...
by Sears Homes | Nov 20, 2014 | Uncategorized |
In August 2014, I traveled to Jacksonville to get photos of two Gordon Van Tine homes that were built side-by-side in the early 1920s and featured in a promotional booklet. While I was there, I drove around the rest of the city and discovered several kit homes, from...
by Sears Homes | Dec 8, 2013 | Uncategorized |
It’s Christmas, and before long, the local channels will be airing my favorite Christmas movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Many folks think it’s a movie about one man making a difference in the world, but I saw it in a different way:...
by Sears Homes | Jan 5, 2013 | Uncategorized |
The Sears Bandon is a rare bird indeed. The only one I’ve ever found was in Pulaski, Illinois, not far from the Sears Lumber Mill in Cairo, Illinois. That mill was the site of a 40-acre mill where Sears created and produced up to 250 pre-cut kit homes per month....
by Sears Homes | Nov 21, 2012 | Uncategorized |
“Look at those prices!” That’s probably the #1 comment I hear from people as they browse the pages of an old Sears Modern Homes catalog. Why were Sears kit homes priced so incredibly low? Well, they weren’t really. Like everything else in...
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