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Finding the Houses that Sears Built; A Guide to the 60 Most Popular Designs
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780971558823
ISBN: 0971558825
Label: Gentle Beam Publications
Manufacturer: Gentle Beam Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 148
Publication Date: 2004-10
Publisher: Gentle Beam Publications
Studio: Gentle Beam Publications
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Editorial Review:
Sears offered more than 370 designs of kit homes from 1908 -1940, but nationally known Sears house expert Rosemary Thornton has discovered that Sears had 60 best selling designs.
In this new book she writes, "If you learn how to identify these 60 designs, you'll discover about 90% of the Sears homes in your community."
Finding the Houses That Sears Built contains more than 190 graphics and photos, as well as comprehensive, detailed and fascinating information on how to identify these 60 best selling designs.
Each housing style is given two full pages in this 8.5 x 11 inch book. One page shows the house as it originally appeared in the Sears Modern Homes catalog (with house details and floor plans). An opposing page has two high-quality photos of existing Sears homes.
In preparing to write this captivating book, Rose photographed more than 1500 Sears homes in 11 states. Finding The Houses That Sears Built represents more than five years of intensive research, documentation, travel and study.
Finding The Houses That Sears Built includes:
- 60 catalog pictures, reprinted from original Sears Modern Homes catalogs
- More than 100 contemporary photos of Sears Homes (approximately two pictures per housing style)
- 100-word captions, explaining what to look for when studying Sears Homes in the field
- Additional tips and techniques for finding the Sears Homes in your community
- A listing of the next 35 most popular designs
- A user-friendly format, cross referenced and thoughtfully organized
- And the Top 10 and Top 20 best selling Sears homes are specifically identified and highlighted
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Rating: - Finding the Houses that Sears Built
With such a growing interest in identifying and preserving Sears kit homes, Rosemary Thornton is an invaluable resource for satisfying this curiosity. Her latest book, "Finding the Houses that Sears Built" (Gentle Beam Publications) has comical stories of her constant quest in this search and a handy chart to categorize by housing style. The best treasure of all, however, is the current photos of the 60 most popular designs side by side with the original catalog advertisements for that style. It ... Read More
Rating: - INTERESTING, EDUCATIONAL, A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR LIBRARY
I own and recommend this book, as well as, "The Houses That Sears Built" by Rosemary Thornton. Both books are filled with the author's passion for Sears homes and their historical value. It is rare that you can read and feel someone's passion through their words, at the same time, learn so much and be able to contact her with questions, and receive energetic responses!!! Rose has been a great inspiration for me to move forward on my attempt to regain my old Sears home - now with a wealth of knowledge ... Read More
Rating:  - This book is the absolute test of reality.
My uncle once lived next door to The Walton. I spotted The Walton by the "oversized front porch and its roof, which extends beyond the home's side wall and it is a slightly different pitch than the main roof." I have also spotted The Magnolia while gazing out my driver's side window with my neck bent sideways in order to see the entire front porch. My favorite Sears home is Model #108, a lost Sears home, and FINDING THE HOUSES THAT SEARS BUILT supplemented my curiosity for Model #108 and the reality ... Read More
Rating: - Finding the Houses that Sears Built
This is a great book. It has images from the original Sears house catalog with the names of the houses, along with floor plans, and ways to authenticate a Sears home i.e. stamped lumber, shipping label, building permit with photographs of the different ways of identification. I have become so infactuated with the topic that I find myself looking for Sears houses as I drive the highways. This is a wonderful book that shows a lot of research on the topic.
Rating: - I Found My House!
I have just purchased a Sears house and not only is this book helpful in terms of explaining about the Sears kit houses and how to identify them, but my house is in it! It's a neat way to learn about and particiapte in the history of our country.
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