by Sears Homes | Sep 24, 2014 | Uncategorized |
“Sears sold about 70,000 kit homes during their 32 years in the kit house business,” I tell folks at my lectures, “but judging from my emails, you’d think that number was 70 million kit homes.” Some people really, really, really want...
by Sears Homes | Apr 17, 2012 | Uncategorized |
When I was a little girl, my mother and I would often watch “Star Trek” together on television, and when the credits rolled at the end, the name “Gene Roddenberry” appeared (as creator, writer and producer). My mother would often tell me,...
by Sears Homes | Apr 6, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The Sears Castleton is fairly easy to identify because it has a number of distinctive features. The most distinctive feature is that “hanging bay window” on the side, which extends up to the roofline. That’s something you don’t see too often....
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 | Jul 8, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Next time your neighbor invites you over for high tea, take that opportunity to go into their basement and inspect his/her framing members for marks. More than 90% of the people living in these homes don’t realize what they have. Incredibly, most of these Sears...
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