by Sears Homes | Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized |
I’ve always dreamt of living in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and one day, I’ll get there. In the meantime, there’s no prettier place on earth to go hunting for Sears kit homes. What is a Sears House? These were kit homes, sold right out of the pages of...
by Sears Homes | Mar 19, 2011 | Uncategorized |
The best thing that happened today was seeing a little Sears House that I’d never seen before. After traveling to about 500 towns and seeing thousands of Sears Homes, this is becoming an increasingly rare event! This afternoon in Crewe, Virginia (off Route 460,...
by Sears Homes | Feb 21, 2011 | Uncategorized |
In April 2008, my husband and I traveled to Roanoke for a vacation. While he rested at the hotel, I drove out to Vinton to hunt for Sears Homes. This was a quickie drive through, so I suspect I missed a few. And it turns out, I was right. About a year later, I drove...
by Sears Homes | Jan 18, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Thanks to a FOSH (Friend of Sears Homes), I found the 5th known Sears Magnolia in the country. In March 2010, “Joy” sent me a link last week to a news story on a Sears Home in Benson, NC (just outside of Raleigh). When I clicked on the link, I had no idea...
by Sears Homes | Aug 11, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In the early years of the 20th Century, cement was all the rage. And the idea of making your own cinder blocks (for fun and profit) apparently also became quite popular. The back pages of the 1905 issues of American Carpenter and Builder (a building magazine from that...
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