by Sears Homes | May 8, 2017 | Uncategorized |
For months, I’ve been looking to buy a house – somewhere. It’s my hope to stay in the area (Hampton Roads) but get far away from Norfolk. I’ve been looking in Zuni, Windsor, Suffolk, Smithfield and areas nearby. Thus far, I’ve not found...
by Sears Homes | Mar 13, 2015 | Uncategorized |
A delightful anecdote from 1921 tells us that, when the Penniman houses were shipped to Norfolk, some of the workers went into one of the houses – as it made the slow 36-mile trek across the water – and made a full breakfast, using the oil cook stove in...
by Sears Homes | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized |
For four years, I’ve been researching Penniman, and still, the most wonderful surprises keep popping up. Last week, fellow history buff Mike Powell discovered a wonderful article in the Peninsula Enterprise (Accomac, Virginia) about moving houses from Penniman...
by Sears Homes | Feb 23, 2015 | Uncategorized |
In that process of rummaging through my notes on Penniman, I was reminded that I’d been looking for photos taken by Drewry Jones of Williamsburg. Despite lots of poking around, I never have been able to locate those photos (originals or reproductions), or anyone...
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...
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