by Sears Homes | Jul 27, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Updated! This house is now scheduled for demolition on August 7th. Click here for the latest!! Bowling Green State University (Toledo area) has decided to demolish a Sears House to make way for an expansion. Please – take a moment and sign this on-line petition...
by Sears Homes | May 24, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Last weekend in Raleigh, I gave a talk on Sears Homes. More than 200 people attended the talk and about 50 folks came prepared with photos of their own “Sears Home.” About 75% of the time, I am not able to identify the house in their photo as a Sears Home....
by Sears Homes | Apr 13, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Probably one of their top-ten best selling models, the Sears Argyle was a quality home in countless ways, but in a very compact package. It was a mere 1,008-square-feet of house, and yet it had a myriad of fine features such as wainscoting topped with plate-rail in...
by Sears Homes | Apr 12, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Not a bad deal to buy 1,200 square feet of kit house for less than $1,000, even in 1916! The Sears Niota – despite its being a good value and a cute house – was not a popular model for Sears. And yet, according to a small promotional ad that appeared in...
by Sears Homes | Jan 9, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Updated! To read the latest and see contemporary photos of the house, click here There’s a Sears Avondale somewhere in Greeley, Colorado and that’s remarkable for two reasons. One, Sears Homes aren’t that common in the “Far West” (as that...
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