by Sears Homes | Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The Elsmore was a hugely popular house for Sears, and it was probably one of their top five best selling models. Since all sales records were destroyed during a post-WW2 corporate housecleaning at Sears, it’s hard to know for sure, but I do know that I’ve...
by Sears Homes | Dec 8, 2012 | Uncategorized |
What a difference a day makes! Early this morning, I posted the information about Dr. Malone and his Sears Hamilton at a forum and a kind soul did some research on her own and sent me this link. That link sends you to a narrative, written by Dr. Malone’s...
by Sears Homes | Dec 8, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Sears started offering kit houses in 1908, but when was the first Sears Home sold? Well, for years, we believed that the first order for a Sears House wasn’t actually received until 1909 (based on info gleaned from the Sears archives in Hoffman Estates, IL). But...
by Sears Homes | Sep 16, 2012 | Uncategorized |
When Dale and I visited Bedford, Virginia in 2008, we drove around for some time, striving to find the Sears Hamilton that (according to the Sears catalog) had been built there in the mid-1910s. Dale drove slowly and methodically throughout the county (and the city)...
by Sears Homes | May 27, 2012 | Uncategorized |
One of my #1 goals is to disabuse people of the notion that Sears Homes were extremely modest little houses. Yes, Sears did have several designs that were very modest, but they also had a few designs that were quite grandiose. One of their most magnificent structures...
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