by Sears Homes | Jan 23, 2018 | Uncategorized |
Yesterday started out tough but ended up on a lovely note. There were several decisions to make, hard things to do, and then, after breakfast, I discovered a jagged edge on my bottom front tooth. It had been feeling a little odd for about a month, but I’d...
by Sears Homes | May 4, 2012 | Uncategorized |
So promised the catalog advertisement for the “Honor Bilt” house, The Josephine. This diminutive 840-square-foot house provides a nice example of the difference between “Honor Bilt, Already Cut” houses and the “Lighter Bilt, Not Cut or...
by Sears Homes | Apr 12, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Not a bad deal to buy 1,200 square feet of kit house for less than $1,000, even in 1916! The Sears Niota – despite its being a good value and a cute house – was not a popular model for Sears. And yet, according to a small promotional ad that appeared in...
by Sears Homes | Jan 15, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Sears offered three grades in all their lines: Good, better and best. In the 1922 Sears Modern Homes catalog, the housing lines were known as Honor-Bilt, Econo Built (later known as “Standard Built) and Lighter Built. Honor-Bilt homes (their best grade and most...
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