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Historic Mail-Order Homes – DC House Cat Chiming In
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DC House Cat Chiming In. On Washington Real Estate and History. A less common model: The “Honor,” Nr. P13071, a 1926 Sears Catalog House in Washington DC’s Shepherd Park Neighborhood. Click here for my Kit House brochure for the Cleveland Park Historic Society). If you have been following me on ActiveRain or here, you probably know about my infatuation with house history (which goes back to my European big-city childhood) and (very American) historic kit homes. Click here for an example. Features a large...
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Cindy Catanzaro | Sears Houses in Ohio
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One woman's quest to locate houses purchased as kits from Mail Order catalogs. Sears Houses in Ohio. A Sears Preston in Glendale (Cincinnati). November 3, 2016. I’ve just finished re-publishing blog posts written by my late friend, Laraine Shape, on a re-creation of her website, Sears Houses in Cincinnati. This makes me a bit sad, as whenever I was adding one of her blog posts to the site, it would bring back memories of all the fun we had on our days out […]. And then there were 10……. October 18, 2016.
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Kit Homes - Berwyn Historic Preservation Commission
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Berwyn is home to twenty kit homes in nineteen different styles although there may be more waiting to be discovered. The resources listed below are grouped according to manufacturer. Clicking on a link will open a new window. List of Manufacturers of Kit Homes - How to Identify Kit Houses by Daniel Friedman - InspectAPedia, 2009. By Rosemary Thornton - Christian Science Monitor, June 12, 2002. KitHouse.org - home of Rebecca Hunter, Historical Architectural Researcher. From the Sears Archives. The Story o...
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Kit House Hunters: Berkley, Michigan
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A blog dedicated to rediscovering America's kit houses one home at a time. This is the current list of kit houses that have been identified in Berkley, Michigan. Where we have been able to authenticate a house, we have noted that. If you have information about any of these houses or any other possible kit houses in Berkley, please let us know! February 20, 2016 at 4:51 AM. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Yonkers, New York. To learn more about the research we do and how to contact us. Sears Houses in Ohio.
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Sears House Seeker: The Real Gordon-Van Tine "Roberts" House (owned by Edward C. Roberts)
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Thoughts on the experience of being a kit-home and plan-book-home enthusiast. Monday, July 6, 2015. The Real Gordon-Van Tine "Roberts" House (owned by Edward C. Roberts). 918 E Locust St., Davenport, Iowa • The only actual "Roberts" house. According to a 1982 survey done by the Iowa Office of Historic Preservation. And according to Davenport Iowa tax records for this address, this is the original house that Edward C. Roberts, then president of the mail-order homes company, Gordon-Van Tine. Numerous peopl...
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Sears House Seeker: Gordon-Van Tine No. 535 in Webster Groves, Missouri
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Thoughts on the experience of being a kit-home and plan-book-home enthusiast. Sunday, August 16, 2015. Gordon-Van Tine No. 535 in Webster Groves, Missouri. 207 Oakwood Avenue, Webster Groves, Missouri • suspected Gordon-Van Tine No. 535 • 1922. Sometimes, houses just pop up right in front of you, and you can't help but laugh out loud at the irony. Through the foliage. I could only see a bit. but, I knew. I had stumbled upon the Gordon-Van Tine house I had been hoping to find one day! You can see the stai...
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Kit House Hunters: May 2016
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A blog dedicated to rediscovering America's kit houses one home at a time. Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Sears Vallonia in South Whitley, Indiana. 406 North State St - South Whitley, Indiana - Sears Vallonia. Over the Memorial Day weekend, Wendy and I spent a couple of days kit house hunting in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with two of the top experts in kit houses, Rebecca Hunter. More on that soon! Wednesday, May 18, 2016. The Curious Case of the Sears Claremont in Waterford, Michigan. 61 Cristy - Waterford, Michigan.
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Kit House Hunters: Sears Mortgages of the Town of Cortlandt, New York
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A blog dedicated to rediscovering America's kit houses one home at a time. Sunday, December 18, 2016. Sears Mortgages of the Town of Cortlandt, New York. In New York state, one of the main divisions of local governments are "Towns". There are over 900 towns in New York. Ranging in population from a few dozen residents to over 700,000! 41 Farrington - Croton-on-Hudson, NY - Sears Americus. Image courtesy of Zillow. The earliest mortgage with Sears was issued in 1919 and the latest was in late 1933. Du...
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Kit House Hunters: Kit House Reading List - December 2016
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A blog dedicated to rediscovering America's kit houses one home at a time. Monday, December 5, 2016. Kit House Reading List - December 2016. If you haven't seen the latest posts from some of my favorite kit house bloggers, check them out! Sears Homes of Chicagoland. We've Come a Long Way, Baby. Lara explains the importance of the national database of Sears homes while sharing some very rare examples of Sears models that can be found in the database. Sears Houses in Ohio. Sears Sherwood in Leetsdale, PA.
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Kit House Hunters: November 2016
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A blog dedicated to rediscovering America's kit houses one home at a time. Wednesday, November 30, 2016. Sears Elmhurst in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. This year, Ive had quite the good fortune to locate a number of examples. Monday, November 28, 2016. Where are the Sears Houses? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Yonkers, New York. Andrew and Wendy Mutch are the owners of a 1926 Sears Hamilton located in Novi, Michigan. Visit our web site. To learn more about the research we do and how to contact us. All the image...
