by Sears Homes | Jul 27, 2014 | Uncategorized |
In my most recent blog, I talked about the fact that Hopewell’s “Collection of Sears Homes” (and I use that term loosely) was in the local news again. At the end of that blog, I offered to help Hopewell sort through their historical chaff and find...
by Sears Homes | Jul 25, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Last week, Hopewell was in the local news again, touting their Sears Homes. I’m not going to post a link to the article that appeared in the Richmond Times Dispatch, because it was rife with errors. I’m somewhat incredulous that a paper as prestigious as...
by Sears Homes | Sep 1, 2012 | Uncategorized |
As the song goes, “One of these things doesn’t belong.” In Hopewell, they’re really struggling with this concept as it applies to Sears Homes. * * One of the houses above is different from the others. If you guessed the brick house wth the...
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...
by Sears Homes | Mar 30, 2011 | Uncategorized |
As mentioned in prior posts, Hopewell, Virginia is the proud owner of eight bona fide Sears homes in the Crescent Hills area. That’s well and good, but they also have entire neighborhoods of Aladdin kit homes in other parts of Hopewell. It’s a puzzle...
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