by Sears Homes | Mar 3, 2013 | Uncategorized |
When “Back to the Future” first came out (1985), I was a lass of 26, and yet my sympathies readily fell to the Clock Tower Lady (Elsa Raven) and the Hill Valley Preservation Society. Heck yeah, they needed to save that Clock Tower in Hill Valley! It was an...
by Sears Homes | Feb 4, 2013 | Uncategorized |
“The Chesterfield home has an English ancestry which has stood the test of public favor for many centuries…” The Sears Chesterfield was indeed a nobby tudoresque design, but apparently it didn’t catch on. And it was offered only in the 1926...
by Sears Homes | Feb 3, 2013 | Uncategorized |
At first glance, the Rembrandt looks like a massive Dutch Colonial, but in fact, it was 1,672 square feet. As early 1900s housing goes, this was certainly a spacious home, but not dramatically so. However… Building this two-story home from a 12,000-piece kit...
by Sears Homes | Jan 31, 2013 | Uncategorized |
In today’s real estate market, a house with a mere 768 square foot would be considered pretty small, but in the 1920s, it proved to be a very popular size. The Sears Sunlight had two diminutive bedrooms (12-feet by 10-feet) and a bathroom that was a mere 6-feet...
by Sears Homes | Jan 29, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Apparently, Ypsilanti and nearby Pittsfield Township are “hot spots” for finding kit homes! Kit House Aficionados Andrew and Wendy Mutch have been supplying me with a plethora of first-class photos of kit homes from Sears, Wardway, Gordon Van Tine, Aladdin...
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