by Sears Homes | Mar 30, 2015 | Uncategorized |
This morning, there was a lovely surprise in my email from Lori Jackson Black, who’s not only a professional historical researcher, but also someone who’s interested in Penniman! She found an obituary for Penelope Johnson Allen, a Tennessee native,...
by Sears Homes | Sep 15, 2014 | Uncategorized |
On September 25, 2014, I gave a talk on the Sears Homes of Richmond, Virginia. This talk (and the images below) were the result of more than 50 hours of work, architectural surveys, consulting with fellow historians and just good old-fashioned research. The images...
by Sears Homes | Jun 9, 2014 | Uncategorized |
When you drive into Sandston (Virginia), you might see this historic marker (shown below) which states that Sandston (a WW1-era DuPont munitions site) had “230 Aladdin houses, that were erected for plant workers.” That’s the “oopsie.”...
by Sears Homes | Apr 5, 2014 | Uncategorized |
UPDATE! Rose will be giving a talk in Richmond on September 25th at the Virginia Center of Architecture! Click here for more details! April 4th of this year, I had a delightful time riding around Richmond in a Lexus SUV filled with several knowledgeable, intelligent...
by Sears Homes | Mar 27, 2014 | Uncategorized |
According to “Sears, Roebuck, USA: The Great American Catalog Store and How It Grew,” a Sears customer wrote the Chicago Mail-order giant and asked if she could return several bottles of patent medicine that she’d purchased the month before. In her...
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