by Sears Homes | Jul 9, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Whilst driving along State Route 501, between Lynchburg and Glasgow, I spotted this Elsmore in Big Island, Virginia. (And why was a town high atop a mountain named “Big Island”?) Nonetheless, this Elsmore is a beauty, and it looks like it stepped right off...
by Sears Homes | Apr 27, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Modern Home #126 appeared in the 1908 Sears Modern Homes catalog (which was the year Sears opened their Modern Homes Department). By 1914, it shared a page with its fraternal twin, The Sears Elsmore (then known as Modern Home #208). By 1916, Modern Home #126 was gone....
by Sears Homes | Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The Elsmore was a hugely popular house for Sears, and it was probably one of their top five best selling models. Since all sales records were destroyed during a post-WW2 corporate housecleaning at Sears, it’s hard to know for sure, but I do know that I’ve...
by Sears Homes | May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized |
If you only learn to identify five Sears Homes, one of them should be the Elsmore. It was a perennial favorite amongst kit home buyers, and for good reason. It was offered in two floor plans and both had several nice features, including spacious rooms, a living room...
by Sears Homes | Jun 24, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The cover of the 1921 Sears Building Materials catalog has proven to be a source of endless entertainment for me. But then again, I’m pretty easily entertained. I’ve started scanning catalogs and ephemera so that it may be preserved and shared with a...
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