by Sears Homes | Jan 21, 2016 | Uncategorized |
How did New Bern come to have so many kit homes? Is it because of New Bern’s proximity to Aladdin’s largest mill in Wilmington, North Carolina? Perhaps, but how does that explain the grandiose Sears Homes I found on Spencer Street? It’s a mystery,...
by Sears Homes | Jan 19, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Fun times in New Bern! Mr. Hubby and I just returned from a visit to New Bern, NC where we stayed at the Aerie Bed and Breakfast and spent the days seeing the sights (and looking for kit homes). Within New Bern’s Ghent neighborhood, we found an abundance of kit...
by Sears Homes | Nov 23, 2015 | Uncategorized |
It was 2003 when I saw my first Sears Modern Home Model #124. I’d visited Rebecca Hunter in the Chicago area, and she took me to Crystal Lake to see “an authenticated #124.” It was all very exciting and Rebecca had even arranged for an inside tour....
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 | Jan 30, 2015 | Uncategorized |
* * * * * * If you know the precise address of this house, please send it along. It’s in Norwood, Ohio and the street number is 2215 (visible in the photos above). All I need now is the street’s name! Update! Dale Haynes (from our Sears House Facebook...
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