by Sears Homes | Jul 2, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The Sears Berwyn (named for a city in Northern Illinois) was one of their most popular houses, and it’s a cutie-pie of a house, too! The double-arched front porch makes it easy to identify. * * * * * * * * * * To learn more about Sears Homes, click here. To read...
by Sears Homes | Jun 26, 2012 | Uncategorized |
In 1912, Albert Brown of Mechanicsburg, Ohio sent a lovely letter to Gordon Van Tine (a kit home company), praising House #126, which he’d recently purchased of them. Albert was so enamored of the house that (he said in his letter), it was his intention (in...
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 | Apr 3, 2012 | Uncategorized |
In 2001, I drove out to Columbia, Illinois to attend a talk on Sears Homes, given by Dr. Rebecca L. Hunter. I’d never met this woman, but I’d heard a lot about her from several different people. I was already pretty intimidated by Dr. Hunter and I...
by Sears Homes | Oct 5, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Sears started selling kit homes in 1908. Montgomery Ward followed suit in 1909. Sears started offering financing (mortgages) on their kit homes in 1917. Montgomery Ward reluctantly began offering mortgages in 1925. In 1931, Montgomery Ward saw the writing on the wall...
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