by Sears Homes | Jan 24, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Carlinville, Illinois has 152 Sears Homes in a 12-block area. The neighborhood with all these Sears Homes is known as Standard Addition. To read more about the history of this enclave of kit homes, click here. Part of a $1 million order placed by Standard Oil of...
by Sears Homes | Jan 15, 2011 | Uncategorized |
In 1918, Standard Oil of Indiana made mail-order history when they placed a $1 million order with Sears Roebuck & Company for 192 Honor-Bilt homes. It was purported to be the largest order in the history of the Sears Modern Homes department. Standard Oil purchased...
by Sears Homes | Dec 14, 2010 | Uncategorized |
My new book is now available at The History Press and Amazon.com. It’s a beautiful book, chocked full of photos (250 color photos) featuring the Sears Homes of Illinois. Click here to “look inside the book” at amazon.com Did I mention that it makes...
by Sears Homes | Oct 24, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In 1978, soon after my first husband and I were first married, we sat down and looked through a Jim Walter Homes catalog. The idea of building a kit home was hugely appealing to us. In the end, we decided to buy an existing home, but throughout the years, the idea of...
by Sears Homes | Oct 22, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In 2003, my friend Rebecca Hunter drove me to an Midwestern suburb and showed me this Sears Westly (see pictures below). She made me close my eyes as we pulled up to the house. Sitting squarely in front of it, I exclaimed that it looked like a nice little Westly. Then...
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