by Sears Homes | Nov 21, 2013 | Uncategorized |
The Aladdin Edison must have been a very popular house for Aladdin. It was small (600 square feet), affordable ($750 in 1914) and from an architectural standpoint, a real cutie pie. According to the 1914 catalog, it was “One of the prettiest little bungalows...
by Sears Homes | Jan 19, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Stanhope is the name of a city in Iowa and New Jersey. And it’s also the name of a car that was sold from 1904-1906, by the Twyford Motor Car Company of Brookville, Pennsylvania. But for this blog, we’re going to talk about the Stanhope that was sold by...
by Sears Homes | Apr 10, 2012 | Uncategorized |
In May 2012, I gave a talk at the Rialto Theatre (in Raleigh) on Sears Kit Homes, sponsored in part by the Raleigh Historic Development Commission and the Raleigh City Museum. Raleigh has an abundance of kit homes, which I find fascinating. In addition to Sears, they...
by Sears Homes | Dec 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Last week, I published a blog about a beautiful Aladdin Shadowlawn I found in Concord, NC. At the time, I couldn’t find the address. My addresses are stored in notebooks, and they’re not in any particular order. Retrieving an address from a trip made long...
by Sears Homes | May 17, 2011 | Uncategorized |
In late 2006, my dear friend Dale Wolicki drove from Michigan to Norfolk, Virginia to watch me get married. After the ceremony, Dale mentioned that after the wedding, he was heading south to Roanoke Rapids, NC to check out a large collection of Aladdin kit homes in...
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