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 | May 27, 2012 | Uncategorized |
One of my #1 goals is to disabuse people of the notion that Sears Homes were extremely modest little houses. Yes, Sears did have several designs that were very modest, but they also had a few designs that were quite grandiose. One of their most magnificent structures...
by Sears Homes | Apr 13, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Probably one of their top-ten best selling models, the Sears Argyle was a quality home in countless ways, but in a very compact package. It was a mere 1,008-square-feet of house, and yet it had a myriad of fine features such as wainscoting topped with plate-rail in...
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