by Sears Homes | Jan 5, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Last August, my husband I visited a beautiful Hillrose in Brandy Station, Virginia. We were traipsing about the great Commonwealth, doing our own self-guided “Tour of the Confederacy”, and we traveled from our home in Norfolk to Richmond (where we toured...
by Sears Homes | Jan 2, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Preferably near Convoy, Ohio (or Dixon, Indiana) and specifically at 12716 S. State Line Road. This is the site of yet another Sears Hillrose, which Rachel Shoemaker found with a little detective work. Turns out that State Line Road is so named because it marks the...
by Sears Homes | Dec 30, 2015 | Uncategorized |
In the last few days, I seem to have crossed the Rubicon with search engines, and am now consistently getting 1,500+ hits per day, and sometimes more than 2,000. That’s certainly happy news, as I’ve been faithfully blogging for five years and it is a major...
by Sears Homes | Dec 31, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Earlier this week, I wrote about the “contest” offered by Sears Roebuck, where they invited 100 “up-to-date farmers” to submit their plans for a “modern farm house for the 20th Century.” Mr. Selck of Evansville, Wisconsin won first...
by Sears Homes | Dec 29, 2014 | Uncategorized |
It started out in 1913 as a contest. Sears invited 100 “up to date farmers” to submit their plans for a “modern farm house for the 20th Century.” Mr. Selck of Evansville, Wisconsin won first prize with his design, which came to be known as The...
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