by Sears Homes | Sep 20, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Way too often folks will tell me, “We’ve got dozens of those little Sears kit homes in our city,” and when I ask, “How do you know that?” the response is always the same: “You can just tell by lookin’ at ’em!...
by Sears Homes | Jan 25, 2015 | Uncategorized |
What a month! Two weeks ago, an elderly friend took a bad fall and I’ve been spending a little time helping her “get back on her feet” – literally and figuratively! Between that, and trying to write a book about Penniman (which is 100 years old...
by Sears Homes | Apr 5, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Having lived in Norfolk for seven years now, I have scoured every street in this city, searching for mail-order kit homes. I’ve ridden around with several friends, studied maps, queried long-time residents and harangued my husband and I was quite certain that...
by Sears Homes | May 26, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The Fosgate and Delevan were two very similar houses offered by Sears in the early 1920s. At first glance, I thought they were the same house, but after looking at the floorplan, I saw that the Fosgate was a little bigger than the Delevan. And the Fosgate was...
by Sears Homes | Apr 22, 2012 | Uncategorized |
In 2002, someone called to tell me that they had a Sears House. (This was way back in the day when my business cards included my personal phone number.) The caller said, “I live in Washington, DC and I own a Sears Home.” I asked if she knew which model it...
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