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“One of These Things is Not Like The Other…” (Part II)

by Sears Homes | Aug 30, 2012 | Uncategorized | 5 comments

As mentioned in a prior blog, Sesame Street children are familiar with a toe-tapping ditty that helps them learn how to observe what makes things similar and dissimilar. Those same life lessons are of inestimable value in identifying and authenticating Sears Homes. In...

The Kit House at Bowling Green State University (Part V)

by Sears Homes | Aug 9, 2012 | Uncategorized | 17 comments

Depressing update: The house was demolished this morning (Friday, August 10, 2012).  If you’re on the BGSU donations list, PLEASE call the Alumni Center and ask to be permanently removed from the “Donation Call List.” It’d be wise to explain...

Do You Have 60 Seconds To Save A Sears House? (Part II)

by Sears Homes | Jul 29, 2012 | Uncategorized | 5 comments

Update!! This house is now scheduled for demolition on August 7th. Click here to read the latest! A Sears House from Montgomery Ward? Yes, it’s true! But the sad news is, it’s slated for immediate demolition. Friday afternoon, I wrote a blog about the...

Do You Have 60 Seconds to Save a Sears House?

by Sears Homes | Jul 27, 2012 | Uncategorized | 22 comments

Updated!  This house is now scheduled for demolition on August 7th. Click here for the latest!! Bowling Green State University (Toledo area) has decided to demolish a Sears House to make way for an expansion. Please – take a moment and sign this on-line petition...

It’s a Magnolia! Well, Not Really…

by Sears Homes | Jul 24, 2012 | Uncategorized | 8 comments

Thanks wholly to Rachel Shoemaker, we’ve discovered another fancy kit home, and this one is in Angola, NY. In fact, thanks to Rachel, the old legends surrounding this old “mail-order” house will now be righted – we hope! For years, the people...
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