by Sears Homes | Apr 11, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Twice in the last several months, I’ve done a blog on a Sears House that I’d never seen, but had hoped to see, and both times, readers have found those houses! The first one was the Sears Monterey, which Jennifer successfully found and identified in...
by Sears Homes | Jan 6, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Generally speaking, I’m a lukewarm fan of Wikipedia but when it comes to kit houses, I really have grown weary of this online “encyclopedia.” So much of the information is just not accurate, and yet it’s trusted by too many people as a...
by Sears Homes | Jun 29, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Updated!! See detailed photos here!! A few moments ago, my sleepy husband stuck his head into the room and said, “It’s 3:11 in the morning. Why are you still up?” “Well, I think we’ve found our eighth Magnolia,” I replied....
by Sears Homes | Mar 14, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Several days ago, I wrote a blog about an old Gordon Van Tine “Roberts” somewhere in Wheeling, West Virginia. The house was built in the 1920s by a fellow named Otto Friebertshauser. I found out about this house when I obtained a copy of Gordon Van...
by Sears Homes | Mar 8, 2013 | Uncategorized |
* Updated with NEW photos! See below!! * OOOH, I now have contemporary photos of Otto’s house! To read Part II of this blog (and see new photos), click here. Thanks to indefatigable researcher Rachel Shoemaker, I now have a digital copy of the 1931 brochure,...
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