by Sears Homes | Oct 14, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Yesterday, I pulled off the interstate in Nashville, North Carolina to wait for a phone call from my brother. After sitting around for a few minutes, I decided to drive around Nashville and see what I could find. And I found a Lustron! It’s had a pretty...
by Sears Homes | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized |
“Never before has America seen a house like this,” read a 1949 advertisement for the Lustron, also hailed as “the house of the future.” The Lustron was an all-steel house, with walls made of 2×2 20-gage metal panels, with a porcelain...
by Sears Homes | Jun 13, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I love Elkins, WV. It’s a beautiful place and a lovely city. And I love the people of Elkins, too. Especially this guy (pictured below), sitting on the rock. His name is Wayne Ringer and he’s from Elkins, West Virginia. He graduated from Davis and Elkins...
by Sears Homes | Apr 1, 2011 | Uncategorized |
As mentioned in a prior post, I went through Rocky Mount, North Carolina several months ago and found a handful of kit homes, but apparently (without my handy dandy Garmin), I missed the good stuff. Today, I returned to Rocky Mount and this time (thanks to Garmin), I...
by Sears Homes | Sep 26, 2010 | Uncategorized |
Recently I made the 90-minute drive to West Point, Virginia, looking for Sears Homes. Thanks to Rebecca Hunter’s book, “Putting Sears Homes on the Map,” I knew there were at least four Sears Homes in West Point. Her book is a compilation of...
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