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 | Aug 31, 2012 | Uncategorized |
When I visited Hopewell in 2003 (to give a talk), I was shown a well-publicized brochure touting 44 Sears Homes in Crescent Hills. As mentioned in several other blogs (here, here and here), I feel strongly that they’re wrong about 36 of those houses. In my...
by Sears Homes | Aug 30, 2012 | Uncategorized |
As mentioned in a prior blog, Sesame Street children are familiar with a toe-tapping ditty that helps them learn how to observe what makes things similar and dissimilar. Those same life lessons are of inestimable value in identifying and authenticating Sears Homes. In...
by Sears Homes | Jul 13, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Sterling was one of the six national companies selling kit homes through a mail-order catalog. Like Aladdin, Sterling Homes was based in Bay City, Michigan. While Sterling was successful in selling their kit homes nationwide, they were a much smaller company than...
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