Old House Dreamer :: Sears Kit: A lover, obsessor, dreamer of old homes.

1926 Georgian, Olney, MD

October 11, 2009 | Comments | 1900-1930, Georgian, Maryland, Sears Kit

11 Shallow Brook Ct Olney, MD – $1.5 Million No longer listed.
5 bed, 4 baths on 2.33 acres. Bet you didn’t guess this was a Sears built home? “Perhaps the largest home built by Sears…” Franklin Roosevelt stayed at this home as it was Harold Ickes home, he was the Secretary of the Interior during Roosevelt’s reign.

: Wood siding, not brick as I first thought.

: The back.

: And I think this is the guest house.

: Double staircase. How fun would it have been as a kid, racing my sister up the stairs to see who’d be the fastest one.

: I love this room with all the shelves. Looks like a comfy room to slouch in.

: The dining room.

: A fabulous kitchen, although the oven location is a bit weird, but if it works…and the microwave, I’d hate to bend over everytime I had to heat up Timmy’s gourmet Totino’s Party Pizzas.

: Love this room, it faces the backyard. Would need more than 2 chairs here though.

1938 Bungalow, Ball Ground, GA (Sears Kit)

September 4, 2009 | Comments | 1931-1960, Bungalow, Georgia, Sears Kit

198 Old Nelson Rd, Ball Ground, GA – $149,900
2 bed, 1.5 bath on 1 acre. Ad states this is a Sears Kit Home. I have recognized kit homes along my house searches, but there are just so many house plans that it would take forever to find the drawings in the kit books people have made available online that I just post them if the ad says it is a kit house and leave it at that. I’ve been down this road before but there are so many bungalows in my area that sometimes I just don’t remember what is where.

1910 Craftsman, Gordonsville, VA (Sears Kit)

June 10, 2009 | Comments | 1900-1930, Craftsman, Sears Kit, Virginia

307 Pendleton St, Gordonsville, VA – ~~$249,900~~ $239,900

A Sears & Roebuck Home! 3 bedroom, 1.5 baths and 1724 square feet.

1920 Craftsman, Salamanca, NY (Sears Home)

May 31, 2009 | Comments | 1900-1930, Craftsman, New York, Sears Kit

339 Broad St, Salamanca, NY – $98,500 No longer listed.
I’ve been keeping my eye open for home kits that were popular at the beginning of the 20th Century. There were quiet a few kit home makers, one of the most popular were the Sears Kit Homes. Of course, through the years a house changes and you never know what could have been altered back when it was first built.