by Sears Homes | Apr 29, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Did you know that Buster Keaton did a short film about building a pre-cut kit house? First released in 1920, the 20-minute film shows happy newlyweds (Buster and Sybil) receiving the gift of a “ready-to-assemble” kit home. Driven by jealousy, an old beau...
by Sears Homes | Mar 15, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Sears offered 370 designs of homes during their 32 years in the kit home business (1908 – 1940), and not surprisingly, some models were more popular than others. One of the more unusual models is the Sears “Honor.” The only Honor I’ve ever seen...
by Sears Homes | Mar 19, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The best thing that happened today was seeing a little Sears House that I’d never seen before. After traveling to about 500 towns and seeing thousands of Sears Homes, this is becoming an increasingly rare event! This afternoon in Crewe, Virginia (off Route 460,...
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