i am planning on acquiring a copy of the book - do you recommend a particular vendor to get it from?
Hi all, I'm married to a San Antonio native and his family own a Sears home.
My mother in law remembers it being delivered and built, but the fascinating part of the story is that the city moved it.
It was built on one site but HEB wanted to put their grocery store near the house. They needed the lot the house was sitting on so paid to have it moved. They literally split the house in half (front to back) and moved it. They used a "strap" type system along the roofline to hold it together that you can still see when you go into the very "tight" attic space.
The house is still in the family but has suffered neglect. My husband and I are trying to talk his mother into letting us do some major repairs, but so far we've been unsuccessful.
So, for those of you wondering San Antonio has at least one Sears home. We've looked but can't quite identify the model. It's unique in that it has "two front doors", one that goes into the living room and the other goes into the front bedroom ( that part of the house juts beyond the living room portion ). I don't know if it was original or added when the house was moved. I do know, they rented one of the bedrooms to a WWII Soldier so it might be an addition from that period.
Ms. Thornton, I do have a question for you, how hard is it to track down the list of building materials to a specific house? My husband and I are tossing around the idea of building a Sears house on our property just because we really like the arts and crafts style bungalows.
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Hi all, I'm married to a San Antonio native and his family own a Sears home.
My mother in law remembers it being delivered and built, but the fascinating part of the story is that the city moved it.
It was built on one site but HEB wanted to put their grocery store near the house. They needed the lot the house was sitting on so paid to have it moved. They literally split the house in half (front to back) and moved it. They used a "strap" type system along the roofline to hold it together that you can still see when you go into the very "tight" attic space.
The house is still in the family but has suffered neglect. My husband and I are trying to talk his mother into letting us do some major repairs, but so far we've been unsuccessful.
So, for those of you wondering San Antonio has at least one Sears home. We've looked but can't quite identify the model. It's unique in that it has "two front doors", one that goes into the living room and the other goes into the front bedroom ( that part of the house juts beyond the living room portion ). I don't know if it was original or added when the house was moved. I do know, they rented one of the bedrooms to a WWII Soldier so it might be an addition from that period.
Ms. Thornton, I do have a question for you, how hard is it to track down the list of building materials to a specific house? My husband and I are tossing around the idea of building a Sears house on our property just because we really like the arts and crafts style bungalows.
All the best,
Tammy