by Sears Homes | Aug 20, 2015 | Uncategorized |
To read Webster Groves, Part I, click here. Part II is here. And Part III can be found here. Lastly, here’s Part IV. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To read Webster Groves, Part I, click here. Part II is here. And Part III can be found here. Lastly, here’s...
by Sears Homes | Aug 4, 2015 | Uncategorized |
What do Webster Groves, Missouri and Grand Haven, Michigan have in common? Both are home to an unusual Sears model with the pedestrian (but descriptive) name: “The Cape Cod.” While I’d love to take credit for finding the “Cape Cod” in...
by Sears Homes | Dec 27, 2014 | Uncategorized |
If a mother could have favorites, the Sears Lorain would be on my Top Ten list. I’ve always had a soft spot in my house-shaped heart for Cape Cods, and the Lorain is a classic example of a 1930s Cape Cod. In 1933, The Lorain was offered with the rounded dormer,...
by Sears Homes | May 15, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Post-1930s Sears kit homes are hard to find. Sales of the 12,000-piece, do-it-yourself kits plummeted in the early years after the Great Depression. But one of the most popular post-depression kit homes is the Sears Attleboro. Several years ago, when I did a survey...
by Sears Homes | Aug 15, 2010 | Uncategorized |
A few days ago, I was looking through the pages of my 1923 Sears Modern Homes catalog when I happened upon this page (see below). According to this little graphic, there were four Sears homes built in a row somewhere in a 1920s neighborhood in Atlantic City, NJ....
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