by Sears Homes | May 29, 2012 | Uncategorized |
It must have been hard to write magniloquent, enchanting copy to accompany (and pitch) each of the 370 models that Sears offered in their Modern Homes catalog. And yet, some of these descriptions are pretty darn good – such as this one. The Maywood two-story...
by Sears Homes | May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized |
So promised the catalog advertisement for the “Honor Bilt” house, The Josephine. This diminutive 840-square-foot house provides a nice example of the difference between “Honor Bilt, Already Cut” houses and the “Lighter Bilt, Not Cut or...
by Sears Homes | May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized |
In 2002, when I wrote The Houses That Sears Built, I lived in Alton, Illinois. Many, many times I drove past this house on the main drag, never really paying attention to it. It was probably a year after I’d written my book that I happened to notice this badly...
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