by Sears Homes | Sep 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
In all my travels, I’ve only seen two examples of Sears Modern Home Model #163. The first was in Taylorville, Illinois, and the second was in Raleigh, NC. In talking with my dear friend Rebecca Hunter, I learned that she’d never seen one either. In other...
by Sears Homes | Feb 19, 2011 | Uncategorized |
From 2002-2006, I gave about 200 lectures in 24 states and the #1 most frequently asked question I received was, “Do you live in a Sears Home?” No, I don’t, but I do live amongst them. 🙂 In January 2007, I was married to a Norfolk resident and in...
by Sears Homes | Feb 9, 2011 | Uncategorized |
In May 2012, I gave a talk on the Sears Homes in Raleigh. Click here to read more about that. To my astonishment and delight, I found an impressive number of kit homes in this part of North Carolina, including Sears, Harris Brothers, Lewis Homes, Montgomery Ward,...
by Sears Homes | Jan 26, 2011 | Uncategorized |
If you could spend a day in the early 1900s, you might have a little trouble understanding what people were saying! Some words had radically different meanings. For instance, there’s the word “slacker.” A slacker was any able-bodied young man who...
by Sears Homes | Oct 15, 2010 | Uncategorized |
UPDATED! Thanks to a reader, I’ve found that this blog has some errors. I’ve since re-written it and corrected it. Please read the updated version (with better pictures) HERE. Less than 30 miles from our nation’s first capital (Philadelphia)...
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