by Sears Homes | May 1, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Almost five years ago, I wrote a blog on the Sears Ivanhoe in LaGrange, Illinois (discovered in a promotional flyer), and mentioned that it’d be fun to have a contemporary photo of the 1913-built house. Some time later, William Frymark found the house in...
by Sears Homes | Apr 27, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Modern Home #126 appeared in the 1908 Sears Modern Homes catalog (which was the year Sears opened their Modern Homes Department). By 1914, it shared a page with its fraternal twin, The Sears Elsmore (then known as Modern Home #208). By 1916, Modern Home #126 was gone....
by Sears Homes | Oct 24, 2014 | Uncategorized |
The Calumet is a rare Sears kit house that was offered for a brief time in the late 1910s and early 1920s. Sears did offer a few apartment buildings (yes, as kits), and the Calumet was one of them. My favorite feature of the Sears Calumet is the wall-bed, and the...
by Sears Homes | Jun 22, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Last year, I visited the Eighth Magnolia in northern West Virginia. The owners were kind enough to give me a full tour, from the basement to attic. What a happy day that was, to see that old house, faithfully restored to its former splendor! My hubby and I spent two...
by Sears Homes | Jun 12, 2014 | Uncategorized |
For many years, I’ve wondered what it would be like to see a Magnolia in original condition. Now, I know. The Sears Magnolia in South Bend was recently listed for sale, and the Realtor kindly sent me a few pictures. It can be described in one word: STUNNING. Or...
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