by Sears Homes | Aug 18, 2013 | Uncategorized |
In terms of actual sales numbers of kit homes, Aladdin was actually a bigger company than Sears, but these many years later, they’re not as well known. “Sears Homes” is to kit homes what Kleenex is to disposable tissues. It’s become a generic...
by Sears Homes | Sep 19, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Here in Norfolk, we have 16 little bungalows (dubbed, “The Ethel”) that were originally built at another location, and then moved here by George P. Hudson on April 14, 1922.* Several months ago, we learned that 3,000 miles away (in Dupont, Washington),...
by Sears Homes | Feb 21, 2011 | Uncategorized |
When I first started playing with kit houses in 1999, Sears Homes were my specialty. It had taken me several months to memorize all those 370 designs that Sears offered during their 32 years in the kit house business (from 1908-1940). Before long I realized I had to...
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