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 | 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...
by Sears Homes | Aug 12, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In Fall 2005, I traveled with a dear friend to the New River Gorge in West Virginia. Along the way, we passed five little Sears Homes in a row. It was late in the day and the sun was setting, and I thought I’d never forget where those little houses were. I meant...
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