by Sears Homes | Aug 23, 2015 | Uncategorized |
The Aladdin Westwood was offered only in the 1922 catalog, which is curious. It’s a beautiful house and quite massive, but apparently the Sovereign brothers decided it wasn’t a keeper. In September 2013, I gave a talk in nearby Louisa, Virginia and drove...
by Sears Homes | Jul 27, 2014 | Uncategorized |
In my most recent blog, I talked about the fact that Hopewell’s “Collection of Sears Homes” (and I use that term loosely) was in the local news again. At the end of that blog, I offered to help Hopewell sort through their historical chaff and find...
by Sears Homes | Jul 25, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Last week, Hopewell was in the local news again, touting their Sears Homes. I’m not going to post a link to the article that appeared in the Richmond Times Dispatch, because it was rife with errors. I’m somewhat incredulous that a paper as prestigious as...
by Sears Homes | Apr 1, 2013 | Uncategorized |
On March 23, 2013, I traveled from Norfolk to Charlottesville to take my ham radio test (and I passed!). Along the way, I stopped at Mineral, Gordonsville and Louisa to look for kit homes. The best part of finding and documenting these old kit homes is that more than...
by Sears Homes | Jun 6, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Amongst the 370 designs that Sears offered, more than a dozen of the houses were foursquares. One of the lesser-known foursquares is the Sears Rockford. I’ve seen three (and photographed two), and all three were in Virginia and all three were brick. In fact, the...
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