by Sears Homes | Nov 26, 2011 | Uncategorized |
In late 2005, a friend and I followed the Lincoln Highway from New Jersey (near Fort Lee) to central Illinois. Along the way, I found these four beauties in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. The first house (far left) is a Sears Osborn, followed by a Sears Fullerton, and...
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 | Oct 27, 2010 | Uncategorized |
When people think of Sears Homes, they think of Illinois or maybe the Midwest, but I’ve found many Sears Homes in the south! In fact, I’ve found hundreds in the Hampton Roads area (Southeastern Virginia). Yes, hundreds. Recently, I went to Raleigh and...
by Sears Homes | Sep 10, 2010 | Uncategorized |
On a prior post (Sears Magnolia in Piedmont, Alabama), I talked about photographing a Sears Magnolia in Piedmont. What I did not talk about was the trip. I traveled from Norfolk, Virginia to Atlanta, Georgia and met up with my friend Nancy (who lives in Acworth), and...
by Sears Homes | Sep 9, 2010 | Uncategorized |
This (picture below) is the third Sears Magnolia I have visited in person. There were purportedly six built (but the validity of the fact is in question). Rebecca Hunter discovered that there’d been a Sears Magnolia in Nebraska (1) which had burned down many...
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