by Sears Homes | Mar 14, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Several days ago, I wrote a blog about an old Gordon Van Tine “Roberts” somewhere in Wheeling, West Virginia. The house was built in the 1920s by a fellow named Otto Friebertshauser. I found out about this house when I obtained a copy of Gordon Van...
by Sears Homes | Mar 8, 2013 | Uncategorized |
* Updated with NEW photos! See below!! * OOOH, I now have contemporary photos of Otto’s house! To read Part II of this blog (and see new photos), click here. Thanks to indefatigable researcher Rachel Shoemaker, I now have a digital copy of the 1931 brochure,...
by Sears Homes | Dec 19, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Writing about Sears Homes has been a fun gig, but my income from this career has been quite modest. But, there are other means of compensation beyond dollars. Last year, my co-author Dale and I wrote a book on the kit homes of Montgomery Ward. As part of this...
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