by Sears Homes | Dec 27, 2011 | Uncategorized |
To read the most recent update on this article (with new photos!), click here. Dear friend and indefatigable researcher Rachel Shoemaker has found an abundance of kit homes in Oklahoma, and she’s now found THREE kit homes in Tahlequah, Oklahoma! The most...
by Sears Homes | Jul 9, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Friday night, I was “driving” the streets of Tulsa (via Google Maps), looking for kit homes when I happened upon a familiar-looking house from Pacific Ready Cut Homes. “What in the world?” I thought to myself. I pulled out some old books and...
by Sears Homes | Jul 7, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Chelsea, Oklahoma is a wee tiny town about an hour from Tulsa, and for decades, a big fancy Sears Saratoga got all the attention as the only Sears House in town. Recently, I’ve been working with Rachel Shoemaker to identify more Sears Homes in the area, and...
by Sears Homes | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized |
“Never before has America seen a house like this,” read a 1949 advertisement for the Lustron, also hailed as “the house of the future.” The Lustron was an all-steel house, with walls made of 2×2 20-gage metal panels, with a porcelain...
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