by Sears Homes | Oct 18, 2013 | Uncategorized |
On October 17th, I gave a talk in Waynesboro on their kit homes. The day before, Anne (local history lover and kind soul) had driven me throughout the city, looking for kit homes. And we found a bunch! There are more than 40 photos below, so I’ll let the...
by Sears Homes | May 28, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Earlier this year, I had occasion to stop and visit Waynesboro and I found a few fine-looking Sears Homes. Several days later, fellow kit house aficionado and researcher Linda Ramsey drove to the area and found four more kit Homes! (To see pictures, scroll down.) On...
by Sears Homes | May 29, 2012 | Uncategorized |
It must have been hard to write magniloquent, enchanting copy to accompany (and pitch) each of the 370 models that Sears offered in their Modern Homes catalog. And yet, some of these descriptions are pretty darn good – such as this one. The Maywood two-story...
by Sears Homes | May 28, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The banner at the top of the catalog page identifies The Wabash as “Uncle Sam’s Idea.” According to the accompanying text, this house was “planned and designed by United States Government architects.” The house appeared in the Spring 1920...
by Sears Homes | May 26, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The Fosgate and Delevan were two very similar houses offered by Sears in the early 1920s. At first glance, I thought they were the same house, but after looking at the floorplan, I saw that the Fosgate was a little bigger than the Delevan. And the Fosgate was...
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