by Sears Homes | Feb 7, 2013 | Uncategorized |
In 2002, I visited my friend Rebecca Hunter in Elgin, Illinois (southwest of Chicago) and she drove me out to Palantine to visit what she described as, “A very unusual Sears Westly.” Of course, I was captivated and could hardly wait to see the thing. She...
by Sears Homes | Jun 1, 2012 | Uncategorized |
When I first started researching Sears Homes in 1999, I was living in Alton, Illinois. By 2002, I had driven the city many, many times, finding all the Crescents, and Gladstones, and Starlights and Craftons and Westlys – in short, all the most popular,...
by Sears Homes | Feb 27, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Two years ago, when my last computer burped twice and fell over dead, I recovered 35,000 photos from the hard drive. That was two years ago. Since then, I’ve added many more photos, and I’ve received (via email) several hundred photos. Sometimes, it takes...
by Sears Homes | Nov 3, 2010 | Uncategorized |
For years and years, I lived in the St. Louis area and that’s where I wrote my books on Sears Homes (and where I did all the research). In 2006, I moved back “home” to Hampton Roads (where I was born and raised), and it was pure fun to spend my spare...
by Sears Homes | Oct 22, 2010 | Uncategorized |
In February 2010, I spent the better part of three weeks driving around the state of Illinois, looking for Sears Homes. After going through Cairo, I moved onto Metropolis. For those not familiar with Illinois geography, both of these small cities are in the southern...
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