by Sears Homes | Sep 7, 2015 | Uncategorized |
It’s two, two, TWO houses in one! The catalog page featuring the Sears Arlington promoted it as a “Colonial House with a Bungalow Effect.” Maybe we should just call it, “The Colongalow”! [Kah-lon-ga-low] And what’s not to love about...
by Sears Homes | Sep 2, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Becky Gotschall initally contacted me through Facebook, and said that she’d found “a few kit homes” in her neck of the woods. Inspired by her enthusiasm, I started “driving the streets” of Pottstown, Pennsylvania (via Google Maps™) and...
by Sears Homes | Aug 29, 2015 | Uncategorized |
At first, I thought about titling this blog, “With a little help from my friends,” because – like so much of this research – I wouldn’t have much to write about if it wasn’t for fellow kit-house lovers who are always on the look-out...
by Sears Homes | Jan 3, 2015 | Uncategorized |
Here’s the kind of “research” that makes me 1/3rd sad, 1/4th disappointed and 29/50ths disheartened. There’s a fellow in Wisconsin who recently discovered that he has a Wardway Home, and has written a blog about it. Cool. Mega kudos to him for...
by Sears Homes | Dec 1, 2013 | Uncategorized |
It was described as a “Modern convenience in a typically modern setting” (1928 Sears Modern Homes catalog). The Montgomery Ward catalog said it, “Answers the problem as to where to keep the telephone.” The telephone was patented in March 1876. ...
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