Sears Sherwood

The Sears Sherwood is an unusual-looking house that was sold only in 1929 and 1930. At the time of this writing, there have been 14 Sherwoods identified in the United States, and one of them is in North Chicago.
 

1830 Elizabeth, North Chicago. 

Sears Sherwood from the 1930 Modern Homes catalog.The distinctive tall vertical window on the right-hand side of the front façade gives light to the stairway (between the first and second floors).The upper diamond-muntin window is in the bathroom.

You can recognize a Sherwood from the overlapping front gables as well as the two long, narrow windows. The Sherwood had three bedrooms, one-and-a-half baths, a living room with fireplace, dining room, and a kitchen in the rear. 

The house was recently resided. In this capture from Google Streetview, you can clearly see the original Sears arched front door.

The rear of the house has two dormers for the bedrooms. 

The house was built in early 1930 by Allen and Irene Henry. He was a "pump man" at the Great Lakes Naval Base.  They took out a mortgage from Sears for $7,350 in October 1929.

The Henrys sold the house in 1935 to the George Kapheim family.

Ad for the Sherwood in the Indianapolis Star, February 1929. Scan courtesy of Cindy Catanzaro.

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