by Sears Homes | Mar 28, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Last week, I drove up to Charlottesville for an overnight trip, and I stopped in Mineral, Louisa and Gordonsville. In Louisa, I found the World’s Most Perfect Kentucky (an Aladdin kit home), and if that had been the only kit home I’d found during the trip,...
by Sears Homes | Mar 22, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Aladdin was probably the biggest of the six national companies that sold kit homes through mail order. And here in Virginia, the majority of kit homes I’ve found are Aladdins. This is probably due to the fact that Aladdin had a huge mill in Wilmington, NC....
by Sears Homes | Jun 12, 2012 | Uncategorized |
For 12 years, I’ve been looking hard for the Sears Jefferson. This style of house is fairly popular and look-alikes aren’t too hard to find. However, the genuine article, the Sears Jefferson is very difficult to find. In fact, the only one I know of is in...
by Sears Homes | May 24, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Chapel Hill is a city full of hazards for a house hunter such as myself. First, there are the trees. Lots and lots of mature trees, which makes it difficult to see the houses. Secondly, there are bushes. Ligustrums, Photinias, Hollies, Nandina and Wax Myrtles are...
by Sears Homes | May 6, 2012 | Uncategorized |
My buddy Dale found and photographed this Sears Priscilla in Glenview, Pennsylvania three years ago and shared it with me. Good thing he did, because I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Priscilla “in the flesh.” This classic Dutch Colonial had about...
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