The Norwood Park Historical Society must be reeling over this one. This house passed a home inspection as recently as 2004.
These people purchased a house that was more than 100 years old, knew its history and back story, and went forward with the demolition.
These people purchased a house that was more than 100 years old, knew its history and back story, and went forward with the demolition.
The Sears houses continue to come down in the Chicago area. In memoriam.
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| 6954 Hobart Avenue, Chicago. |
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| No. 135 from the 1913 Sears Modern Homes catalog. . |
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| The remnants as of September 2013. Photo courtesy of George Kelly. |
5 comments:
Lara, could you help me understand that final photo? Did they leave up the front as a facade for a new house?
Seems that way...
Why bother?
I think there's one in Morton Grove on the same street as the mcdonalds (off dempster). Its currently for sale too.
Hello, I am pretty certain all the homes in my neighborhood are Sears Kit Homes. I am in Canada and it appears to me that when James Murray came down to build the Gatineau Mill her brought his staff with him and they built houses for the Executives and smaller bungalows for the workers. You can seach google with keywords: Gatineau Mill . I would love to find out if my house is a Sears Kit House.
https://www.ledroit.com/archives/les-bungalows-des-ouvriers-de-la-cip-3976f282d6a4b80760b22c3385e667dc
and here: http://www.histoireforestiereoutaouais.ca/en/c20/
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