by Sears Homes | Jul 24, 2015 | Uncategorized |
The word Villa literally means, “country house” and it’s also the name of Aladdin’s finest home. Just like Sears, Aladdin sold kit homes through mail order catalogs. Aladdin was actually a bigger company than Sears, and lasted longer. Sears...
by Sears Homes | Dec 17, 2014 | Uncategorized |
You really should join us in the Sears Homes group on Facebook. The old house aficionados in that group are a wild and wooly bunch who really know how to have a good time! š After a recent blog on the “GVT Tower House” in Herndon and some very interesting...
by Sears Homes | Dec 15, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Updated: Look what else we found in Herndon, VA! Yesterday, I wrote a blog, asking who’d sent me a photo of a purported Sears House. Weeks (or months) after I’d told the sender that it wasn’t a Sears House, I discovered that it was a kit house, from...
by Sears Homes | Dec 14, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Update! Mystery solved! The house is in Herndon, VA. Click here for more better photos! And click here to see what else we found in Herndon! A few weeks ago, someone sent me this photo (shown below), telling me that they’d always heard it was a Sears House....
by Sears Homes | Dec 11, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Despite my indefatigable efforts to provide fresh content and historically accurate information, my views are down a bit from last year. It’s disheartening. And then this morning, I saw a Sears House listed for sale, with a build-date of 1830. Is it really that...
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