by Sears Homes | Feb 22, 2016 | Uncategorized |
So read the liner notes for the Sears “Croydon,” a darling Tudor Revival from the late 1930s. From what we can discern, the Croydon was offered only in 1939 and 1940, the final two years of the Sears Modern Homes program. These post-1935 Sears Homes are...
by Sears Homes | Dec 20, 2012 | Uncategorized |
A few days ago, I wrote a blog about the Sears Avondale in Greeley, Colorado. When that blog was posted, I had nothing more than vintage photos of this house, built by Winfred H. Senier. Thanks to Betsy Kellums of the Greeley Preservation Historic Office, I now have...
by Sears Homes | Dec 7, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Updated! To see the newest blog with contemporary photos of this house, click here!! More than a year ago, I posted a blog about a Sears Avondale/Hawthorne in Greeley, Colorado. Since then, several folks have left comments, and thanks to their efforts, the house has...
by Sears Homes | May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized |
In 2002, when I wrote The Houses That Sears Built, I lived in Alton, Illinois. Many, many times I drove past this house on the main drag, never really paying attention to it. It was probably a year after I’d written my book that I happened to notice this badly...
by Sears Homes | Feb 22, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Less than 30 miles from Philadelphia there’s an entire neighborhood of Sears Homes. According to the 1921 Sears Modern Homes catalog, they’re in Chester, PA. The houses were built in the early 1920s by a company known as “Sun Ship Company.”...
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