by Sears Homes | Apr 18, 2014 | Uncategorized |
In the Summer of 1918, the Great War was very much on everyone’s mind. In reading through Ladies’ Home Journal and McCalls’ magazines, I’ve found a plethora of articles about women’s’ war work, and what ladies could do – at...
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 15, 2014 | Uncategorized |
* A two-year-old blog on Richmond kit homes has generated 2,000+ views in 48 hours. That’s a lot for one blog. And then on Friday, I discovered an advertisement in a 1921 newspaper featuring a potential *neighborhood* of Sears Homes near the Botanical Gardens....
by Sears Homes | Feb 28, 2014 | Uncategorized |
UPDATED! See new photos below!! Today, I was at the Norfolk Public Library reading an old Richmond Times Dispatch from October 23, 1921 when I stumbled across this “pictorial record” of a fine old house in Richmond. It caught my eye for several reasons:...
by Sears Homes | Dec 8, 2013 | Uncategorized |
It’s Christmas, and before long, the local channels will be airing my favorite Christmas movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Many folks think it’s a movie about one man making a difference in the world, but I saw it in a different way:...
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