by Sears Homes | Jan 6, 2017 | Uncategorized |
In an effort to be “anywhere but here,” I traveled to Illinois for the holidays and spent them in Carlinville, Illinois, home of a large collection of Sears Homes, built by Standard Oil. It was a treat to find the Town Square all lit up for the...
by Sears Homes | Apr 6, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The Sears Castleton is fairly easy to identify because it has a number of distinctive features. The most distinctive feature is that “hanging bay window” on the side, which extends up to the roofline. That’s something you don’t see too often....
by Sears Homes | Dec 26, 2011 | Uncategorized |
On November 3, 2011, Addie Hoyt’s remains were exhumed and taken to Milwaukee for an autopsy. Read about the results of that autopsy here. When I was in Lake Mills (early September and then again in late October), I walked the full breadth and length of the...
by Sears Homes | Oct 3, 2011 | Uncategorized |
When I originally posted this blog, I misidentified the retreat as Pine Knob. The indefatigable researcher (and old house aficionado) Mark Hardin sent me an email and said, “The name is not Pine Knob, but Pine Knot,” and he also sent me a link that...
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