by Sears Homes | May 3, 2013 | Uncategorized |
A couple days ago (May 1st), I returned to Staunton to do a little more research on the kit homes in the city (in preparation for my talk on May 2nd), and this time, I was driven around by Frank Strassler, head of the Historic Staunton Foundation. It’s a lot...
by Sears Homes | Apr 17, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Thanks the Historic Staunton Foundation, I’ll be returning to Staunton on May 2nd to give a talk on the kit homes of Staunton! As mentioned in a prior blog, Staunton has an interesting array of kit homes of all sizes, shapes and from several companies. And at 7...
by Sears Homes | Mar 2, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Several days ago, I wrote a blog about the abundance of kit homes I found in Staunton, VA. A fine fellow named Frank left a comment at that blog about a possible kit home at 1102 North Augusta Avenue (in Staunton). Thanks to Google Maps and their sharp images, I...
by Sears Homes | Feb 27, 2013 | Uncategorized |
When you cut a tree down, you can learn a lot about local history by examining its exposed trunk. How many rings does it have? How old is the tree? During which years did the area experience a drought? By studying America’s early architecture, you can learn a...
by Sears Homes | Jan 6, 2013 | Uncategorized |
The Chelsea (Modern Home #111) was first offered in the 1908 Sears Modern Homes catalog. This spacious foursquare endured until the early 1920s, when the more modern Colonial Revivals and Tudor Revivals bumped it out of the catalogs. As is seen by the photos below,...
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