Modern Home #194: Brighton, Illinois

When I started giving lectures in southwestern Illinois, several people approached me after the talks and said, “You know, there’s a Sears Home on East Center Street in Brighton.” So many times I drove the length of East Center Street and never saw...

The Calumet: 20 Rooms in 12!

Sears always had an interesting way of ciphering. The Calumet was a four-apartment kit “house” with 12 rooms. The “20 rooms in 12” was a little misleading. The eight mystery rooms were “bedrooms” which were really teeny-tiny...