by Sears Homes | Mar 13, 2015 | Uncategorized |
A delightful anecdote from 1921 tells us that, when the Penniman houses were shipped to Norfolk, some of the workers went into one of the houses – as it made the slow 36-mile trek across the water – and made a full breakfast, using the oil cook stove in...
by Sears Homes | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized |
For four years, I’ve been researching Penniman, and still, the most wonderful surprises keep popping up. Last week, fellow history buff Mike Powell discovered a wonderful article in the Peninsula Enterprise (Accomac, Virginia) about moving houses from Penniman...
by Sears Homes | Feb 23, 2015 | Uncategorized |
In that process of rummaging through my notes on Penniman, I was reminded that I’d been looking for photos taken by Drewry Jones of Williamsburg. Despite lots of poking around, I never have been able to locate those photos (originals or reproductions), or anyone...
by Sears Homes | Mar 24, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Incredible researcher and smart cookie Mark Hardin has made another remarkable discovery. He found an advertisement (dated October 1922) in the Richmond Times Dispatch, offering the Village of Penniman for sale. By this time, most of the contents of the WW1 munitions...
by Sears Homes | Oct 21, 2013 | Uncategorized |
The hunt is on. We’re working on a new book about a piece of Virginia’s regional history that is utterly and wholly captivating. Penniman: Virginia’s Own Ghost Town. In 1916, DuPont opened a new munitions factory on the old Bechtel Farm, on a piece...
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