Sears Roebuck

Houses by Mail: The Aladdin Company of Bay City, Michigan

December 18, 2017

I’ve enjoyed a lifelong love affair with mail-order catalogs. The arrival of the mail meant a 1/4 mile hike down the gravel driveway to the big metal mailbox (an enticing target for mailbox baseball players), and back up the hill again holding the treasure (secured by at least two large rubber bands) of three daily (read more)

Categories: Fayette County, Historic architecture, Historic Preservation

Tags: Aladdin Homes, houses by mail, Kenwick neighborhood, Sears Roebuck, Shadow Lawn

Dutch Colonial Revival “Twins,” Mt. Sterling, Kentucky

March 29, 2017

Have you ever noticed two historic houses side-by-side and thought they looked identical? “Twin” dwellings are common in early 20th century residential development in many Kentucky towns – often an example of small scale speculative development. Pattern books and catalogs from titans of the “mail-order home” business like Sears, Roebuck and Montgomery Ward (among many others) (read more)

Categories: Historic architecture, Historic Preservation, Kentucky architecture, Montgomery County, National Register of Historic Places, Vernacular architecture

Tags: Dutch Colonial Revival, houses by mail, mail-order houses, Mt. Sterling historic houses, Mt. Sterling Kentucky, Sears Roebuck

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