by Sears Homes | Feb 13, 2016 | Uncategorized |
Updated! We have some beautiful photos now!! * Click here to see the new pictures! * Thanks to a remarkable and rare document that came into my life, Rachel Shoemaker and I have been able to find several customized Sears Homes. One of these is in Glen Ellyn (a Chicago...
by Sears Homes | May 7, 2014 | Uncategorized |
If HUD gets its way, a beautiful, mostly original Sears Alhambra in Portsmouth, Virginia will soon be remuddled into a homogenized plasticine mess. The old Sears kit home is in a historic district of Portsmouth (Cradock), and – speaking as an architectural...
by Sears Homes | Apr 5, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Having lived in Norfolk for seven years now, I have scoured every street in this city, searching for mail-order kit homes. I’ve ridden around with several friends, studied maps, queried long-time residents and harangued my husband and I was quite certain that...
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 | Apr 18, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Post-1930s Sears Homes aren’t too common, and the Sears Newcastle wasn’t offered until the 1930s. And yet, it seems to have been one of their more popular post-1930 models. It was a classic center-hallway Colonial, and yet it was shockingly small, with...
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