by Sears Homes | Sep 7, 2015 | Uncategorized |
It’s two, two, TWO houses in one! The catalog page featuring the Sears Arlington promoted it as a “Colonial House with a Bungalow Effect.” Maybe we should just call it, “The Colongalow”! [Kah-lon-ga-low] And what’s not to love about...
by Sears Homes | Sep 2, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Becky Gotschall initally contacted me through Facebook, and said that she’d found “a few kit homes” in her neck of the woods. Inspired by her enthusiasm, I started “driving the streets” of Pottstown, Pennsylvania (via Google Maps™) and...
by Sears Homes | Aug 29, 2015 | Uncategorized |
At first, I thought about titling this blog, “With a little help from my friends,” because – like so much of this research – I wouldn’t have much to write about if it wasn’t for fellow kit-house lovers who are always on the look-out...
by Sears Homes | Jun 4, 2015 | Uncategorized |
While doing research on Sears’ mortgages in Troy, Detroit, fellow researchers Andrew and Wendy Mutch found a mortgage for this house on Daley Road! It appears to be a Sears “Detroit,” which is a model I’ve never seen before – so that...
by Sears Homes | Jan 7, 2015 | Uncategorized |
What are the odds that this rare and wonderful old Sears House is still alive and well in New Orleans? I don’t know enough about NOLA to even venture a guess. Last night, I went to a favorite site (Realtor.com) and looked up “houses for sale”...
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