The Sears Home in Needham, Massachusetts

by | May 24, 2013 | Uncategorized | 3 comments

Last week, I visited Needham, Massachusetts and spent time with my daughter, Anna Rose. After a Saturday morning breakfast, we were driving back to her house when I saw a house that caught my eye on Webster Avenue. As she pulled up to a nearby stop sign, I hopped out...

Old Kit Homes in New England, Part II

by | Sep 24, 2011 | Uncategorized | 8 comments

Sometime in the late 1910s, Mr. D. S. Chase of Grafton, Massachusetts bought and built a Sears Maytown in Grafton, Massachusetts. I discovered this when I was reading through the testimonials in a 1921 Sears Modern Homes catalog. The house in the 110-year-old snapshot...