by Sears Homes | Mar 18, 2013 | Uncategorized |
In Summer 2004, I visited the beautiful community of Cape Charles (on the Eastern Shore of Virginia), to give a talk on Sears Kit Homes. The folks there in Cape Charles treated me like a queen, and left me with many wonderful and happy memories of their hospitality...
by Sears Homes | Jun 1, 2012 | Uncategorized |
When I first started researching Sears Homes in 1999, I was living in Alton, Illinois. By 2002, I had driven the city many, many times, finding all the Crescents, and Gladstones, and Starlights and Craftons and Westlys – in short, all the most popular,...
by Sears Homes | May 23, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Yesterday, I did a blog about the Sears Concord, and my tired eyes misread some of the fine print in an old Sears Modern Homes catalog. * * * * * And while we’re on the topic of identifying old Sears Homes, look at this house (below). * * * * To read part I of...
by Sears Homes | May 11, 2012 | Uncategorized |
In Portsmouth, Virginia, there’s a neighborhood known as “West Park View.” Through the last 120 years, it’s seen its ups and downs, and on a recent drive through this enchanting riverfront neighborhood, the hopeful signs of progress and...
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...
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