by Sears Homes | Sep 24, 2013 | Uncategorized |
For about a dozen years, I lived in Alton, Illinois. In fact, that’s where I researched and wrote The Houses That Sears Built. Last week, I returned to Alton to visit family. Of course, I couldn’t resist driving around my old stomping grounds a bit and...
by Sears Homes | Aug 25, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Yesterday, I blogged about the beautiful Sears Magnolia in West Virginia. And it is a beauty. (Read about it here.) Today, I’d like to show off the interior of this wonderful old house. First, a little history. The home’s owner believes – based on...
by Sears Homes | Jul 8, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Some rumors just never die. There’s a persistent (and false) rumor making the rounds that beautiful Neo-Classical Revival home featured in “The Notebook,” is a Sears Magnolia. Nope. Not even close. Not even close. Let’s go right to the photos....
by Sears Homes | Jul 25, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Last month, I spent several days traveling in South Carolina. I visited many cities in the northern part of South Carolina but found very few Sears Homes. The highlight of the trip was Anderson, where I found several kit homes from Sterling Homes (a competitor to...
by Sears Homes | Jul 24, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Thanks wholly to Rachel Shoemaker, we’ve discovered another fancy kit home, and this one is in Angola, NY. In fact, thanks to Rachel, the old legends surrounding this old “mail-order” house will now be righted – we hope! For years, the people...
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