{"id":5001,"date":"2012-05-09T23:55:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T03:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/35.206.121.75\/~newsearshomes\/?p=5001"},"modified":"2020-08-30T14:20:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T18:20:14","slug":"rachel-and-her-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/searshomes.org\/index.php\/2012\/05\/09\/rachel-and-her-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel and Her “Roberts”"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend Rachel just loves searching for kit homes<\/a>. And she’s got a real eye for it, too. In addition to Sears kit homes<\/a>, Rachel has spotted kit homes from many of the other kit home companies<\/a>, too, such as Gordon Van Tine<\/a>, Lewis Manufacturing, Harris Brothers<\/a>, Aladdin<\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n

However, there’s one model of house that seems to haunt Rachel. Seems like, wherever Rachel goes, she finds a Gordon Van Tine<\/a> “Roberts” kit home. In my eleven-year career, I’ve probably seen two dozen “Roberts.” In the three years I’ve known Rachel, I’d say she’s see many more than that.<\/p>\n

Pretty darn impressive.<\/p>\n

Gordon Van Tine<\/a> was a company that – like Sears – sold kit homes through mail order<\/a>. According to Dale Patrick Wolicki<\/a>, Gordon Van Tine<\/a> sold about 50,000 kit homes during their time in the kit home business<\/a> (about 1910 – early 1940s). The “Roberts” (Model 535) was one of their more popular houses. Apparently, in Oklahoma (where Rachel lives), it was wildly <\/em>popular.<\/p>\n

To learn more about Gordon Van Tine, visit Dale’s most excellent website. <\/a><\/p>\n

To buy the book that Dale and Rose spent five years writing, click here. <\/a><\/p>\n

If you live in Oklahoma and would like to ask Rachel a question about kit homes in the area, please leave a comment below!<\/p>\n

\"The

The GVT Roberts (535) was one of Gordon Van Tine's most popular houses. <\/p><\/div>\n

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\"And

And some people just have a knack for finding them! Here's one Rachel found in Depew, Oklahoma. (Photo is copyright 2011 Rachel Shoemaker and may not be used or reproduced without written permission.)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Rachel

Rachel found this one in Muskogee, Oklahoma. (Photo is copyright 2011 Rachel Shoemaker and may not be used or reproduced without written permission.)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"This

This is a vintage photo (about 1920) of a GVT Roberts in Tulsa. <\/p><\/div>\n

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\"And

And this beauty is in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. I'm starting to wonder if there's any city in Oklahoma that Rachel has *not* found a Roberts in!! (Photo is copyright 2011 Rachel Shoemaker and may not be used or reproduced without written permission.)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"This

This sweet thing is in Charleston, WV. <\/p><\/div>\n

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\"And

And one in my hometown, Portsmouth, Virginia. <\/p><\/div>\n

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\"A

A massive and beautiful Roberts in Front Royal, VA. <\/p><\/div>\n

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\"One

One of my favorites in Hampton, Virginia. <\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Ocean

A girl and her dog sit in front of this Roberts in Ocean View (Norfolk). <\/p><\/div>\n

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\"GVT

The "Roberts" was featured on the cover of the 1916 catalog. Image is copyright 2008 Dale Wolicki and may not be used or reproduced without written permission. <\/p><\/div>\n

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To learn more about Gordon Van Tine, click here. <\/a><\/p>\n

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My friend Rachel just loves searching for kit homes. And she’s got a real eye for it, too. In addition to Sears kit homes, Rachel has spotted kit homes from many of the other kit home companies, too, such as Gordon Van Tine, Lewis Manufacturing, Harris Brothers, Aladdin, and more. However, there’s one model of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[66,42,937,77,5,63,1169,5480,5481,4322,5483,5479,75,76,16,5473,5475,433,40,24,214,5472,3307,185,3303,3409,7,5474,5482,5478,5477,5476],"class_list":["post-5001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aladdin","tag-aladdin-kit-homes","tag-craftsman-style","tag-dale-patrick-wolicki","tag-dale-wolicki","tag-gordon-van-tine","tag-gordon-van-tine-kit-homes","tag-gordon-van-tine-mail-order","tag-gordon-van-tine-mail-order-homes","tag-gordon-van-tine-roberts","tag-historic-homes-in-tulsa","tag-history-in-tulsa","tag-honor-bilt","tag-honor-built","tag-houses-by-mail","tag-oklahomas-expert-on-sears-homes","tag-old-houses-in-tulsa","tag-precut-houses","tag-prefab-homes","tag-prefab-houses","tag-prefabricated-homes","tag-rachel-and-oklahoma","tag-rachel-shoemaker","tag-rebecca-hunter","tag-sears-homes-in-oklahoma","tag-sears-homes-in-tulsa","tag-the-houses-that-sears-built","tag-tulsa-and-kit-homes","tag-tulsa-history-and-homes","tag-tulsas-history","tag-who-knows-about-history-in-tulsa","tag-who-to-call-about-history-of-tulsa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/searshomes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/searshomes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/searshomes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searshomes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searshomes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/searshomes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12358,"href":"https:\/\/searshomes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5001\/revisions\/12358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/searshomes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searshomes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/searshomes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}