by Sears Homes | Aug 16, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Several months ago, a friend called and told me that there was a Sears House in Marlentin, and that it housed the local insurance company. While visiting my husband’s family in Elkins, we made a side trip to Marlentin (which as about a 90-minute trip – one...
by Sears Homes | Jun 13, 2011 | Uncategorized |
In 2004, I was invited to Cape Charles to give a talk on Sears Homes. Even though I was born and raised in Portsmouth, Virginia (about an hour away), I’d never seen this waterfront community on the Eastern Shore. During my time there, I stayed at the Cape...
by Sears Homes | May 21, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The number one question I’m asked again and again – How do you identify a Sears Kit Home? First, begin by eliminating the obvious. Sears sold these homes between 1908-1940. If your home was built outside of that time frame, it can not be a Sears catalog...
by Sears Homes | Apr 10, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The driving-tour brochure offered by the tourism office in Hopewell, VA is called, “The Sears Roebuck Houses by Mail Neighborhood.” Not everyone would agree that eight Sears Homes within a six-block area represents a “neighborhood.” But then...
by Sears Homes | Feb 23, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Stumbling about with my flashlight in the dimly-lit basement of countless Sears Honor-Bilt homes throughout the country, I’m always dazzled by the quality of the floor joists and other framing members. Sears lumber was first growth lumber. (“First growth...
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