by Sears Homes | Sep 15, 2014 | Uncategorized |
On September 25, 2014, I gave a talk on the Sears Homes of Richmond, Virginia. This talk (and the images below) were the result of more than 50 hours of work, architectural surveys, consulting with fellow historians and just good old-fashioned research. The images...
by Sears Homes | Jun 9, 2014 | Uncategorized |
When you drive into Sandston (Virginia), you might see this historic marker (shown below) which states that Sandston (a WW1-era DuPont munitions site) had “230 Aladdin houses, that were erected for plant workers.” That’s the “oopsie.”...
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,...
by Sears Homes | Apr 17, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Recently, Wayne (hubby), Milton (buddy) and I traveled to the National Archives and Records Administration in Philadelphia to do research on Penniman. Along the way, we stopped at Carney’s Point, NJ to check out the houses in that neighborhood. Carney’s...
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