by Sears Homes | Mar 14, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Several days ago, I wrote a blog about an old Gordon Van Tine “Roberts” somewhere in Wheeling, West Virginia. The house was built in the 1920s by a fellow named Otto Friebertshauser. I found out about this house when I obtained a copy of Gordon Van...
by Sears Homes | Mar 8, 2013 | Uncategorized |
* Updated with NEW photos! See below!! * OOOH, I now have contemporary photos of Otto’s house! To read Part II of this blog (and see new photos), click here. Thanks to indefatigable researcher Rachel Shoemaker, I now have a digital copy of the 1931 brochure,...
by Sears Homes | Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized |
The Elsmore was a hugely popular house for Sears, and it was probably one of their top five best selling models. Since all sales records were destroyed during a post-WW2 corporate housecleaning at Sears, it’s hard to know for sure, but I do know that I’ve...
by Sears Homes | May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized |
If you only learn to identify five Sears Homes, one of them should be the Elsmore. It was a perennial favorite amongst kit home buyers, and for good reason. It was offered in two floor plans and both had several nice features, including spacious rooms, a living room...
by Sears Homes | Mar 29, 2011 | Uncategorized |
About 30% of kit homes were customized when built. That’s almost one out of three, and that’s one of the things that makes identification of these homes so difficult. And that doesn’t count modifications and remodeling! Today, some of these kit...
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