by Sears Homes | May 31, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Thanks to Donna Bakke, we now have photos of a real live Sears Wabash. The house is in Wyoming, Ohio (near Cincinnati), and it’s had a few changes but not too many. To read the previous article on the Sears Wabash, click here. * * * * * * * To read the previous...
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 11, 2012 | Uncategorized |
There’s something about a Dutch Colonial that just makes me swoon, and the Martha Washington is a fine example of the Dutch Colonial design. And it was spacious, too. Sans optional sunporch, the Martha Washington was about 1,800 square feet, with four good-sized...
by Sears Homes | Nov 28, 2011 | Uncategorized |
One day I dropped by my brother’s house for a visit, and he told me that he needed some help with “a little problem” in the bathroom. His house was a gorgeous 1930s Dutch Colonial, well-maintained and well-loved, and the crowning jewel of the old...
by Sears Homes | Oct 5, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Sears started selling kit homes in 1908. Montgomery Ward followed suit in 1909. Sears started offering financing (mortgages) on their kit homes in 1917. Montgomery Ward reluctantly began offering mortgages in 1925. In 1931, Montgomery Ward saw the writing on the wall...
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