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Sears Catalog Homes

We should work to put all the Sears Modern Homes that we know of online. There is a list somewhere, but I forget at the moment. Perhaps your grad student could add his or her work to that. How many S…

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Are there any Sears Catalog Homes open to the public besides the Madeira Historical Society's Miller House Museum in Madeira, OH?

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M. O'Neil replied to Susan Hill's discussion 'Sears Catalog Homes'

The study was not just limited to Sears. Her work identifies 30+ homes: Some are Aladdin, some Gordon Van Tyne, some from builder's catalogs. Of course some examples are very close variants to Sears models. It was helpful, too, that she was able ide…

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M. O'Neil replied to Susan Hill's discussion 'Sears Catalog Homes'

I can't answer this question, but I have a recent study done by a University of Vermont historic preservation grad student of catalog homes in Burlington, Vermont. We suspected a large number of extant examples, and she was able to provide the resea…

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Are there any Sears Catalog Homes open to the public besides the Madeira Historical Society's Miller House Museum in Madeira, OH?

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I am on the Madeira Historical Society Board. The Society is housed in a 1922 Sears Crescent Model which we believe might be the only Sears House open to the public.

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We would like to determine whether there are other Sears Homes open to the public.