by Sears Homes | May 21, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The number one question I’m asked again and again – How do you identify a Sears Kit Home? First, begin by eliminating the obvious. Sears sold these homes between 1908-1940. If your home was built outside of that time frame, it can not be a Sears catalog...
by Sears Homes | May 20, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Here in Norfolk, we have 16 little bungalows that were originally built at another location, and then moved here by George P. Hudson on April 14, 1922. (Thanks to Norfolk historian David Spriggs for finding that date, and also finding the name of the man who moved...
by Sears Homes | May 19, 2011 | Uncategorized |
These fine-looking bungalows (see below) are in Dupont, Washington. In fact, there are several of these bungalows (built in the early 1910s) in Dupont, Washington. Today, I’m trying to figure out where I’ve seen this house before, because if I can figure...
by Sears Homes | May 2, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Here in Norfolk, we have 16 little bungalows that were originally built at another location, and then moved here (by barge) sometime after The Great War ended in 1918. For years, that’s pretty much all that was known about them. Last month, we learned that 3,000...
by Sears Homes | Apr 10, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The driving-tour brochure offered by the tourism office in Hopewell, VA is called, “The Sears Roebuck Houses by Mail Neighborhood.” Not everyone would agree that eight Sears Homes within a six-block area represents a “neighborhood.” But then...
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