by Sears Homes | Dec 15, 2015 | Uncategorized |
* * * * * * * * * * It’d be easy to write an entire blog on this topic alone: WHY you should save your home’s original windows, but this is a much better piece than I could write. Take a minute and read it. To read more about the other kit homes I found in...
by Sears Homes | Apr 27, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Modern Home #126 appeared in the 1908 Sears Modern Homes catalog (which was the year Sears opened their Modern Homes Department). By 1914, it shared a page with its fraternal twin, The Sears Elsmore (then known as Modern Home #208). By 1916, Modern Home #126 was gone....
by Sears Homes | Jul 29, 2014 | Uncategorized |
UPDATED at 7.30 am (Wednesday)! New photos added below! Lynchburg is one of the prettiest cities in the prettiest state in the Union, and best of all, it’s blessed with an abundance of kit homes. In 2004, 2008, and 2011, I spent several hours driving around...
by Sears Homes | Sep 11, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Say what you will about Facebook, but it is a great boon for those of us who love history. Recently, the Delaware County (Pennsylvania) History page on Facebook picked up an old blog I did about these lost houses built by Sun Ship Building Company in Chester, PA and...
by Sears Homes | May 13, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Several times each week, folks send me emails asking, “Is my house a Sears House?” Usually, they send photos along with their inquiries. But sometimes, the photos don’t help with the identification process. My poor old laptop is already heavy laden...
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