Today we feature a Sears Crescent in Lake Forest. It's concealed by trees on the outside, but is sunny and bright on the inside.
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| 122 Wildwood Rd., Lake Forest. This Crescent had a gambrel roof added in 2000 when the upstairs was expanded. |
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| Sears Crescent. |
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| Original trellis. |
This is an authenticated Sears Crescent. The first owners, Alexander and Dolma Glover, took out a mortgage from Sears in 1930 for $6,500. Alexander was an Irish immigrant, and Dolma was born in America to Norwegian immigrants. He worked for the Lake Forest Park District.
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| Today, a trend in home design is clean, light interiors. With old houses, that means replacing historic millwork or painting it white. Click here to see a Crescent with its millwork in its original state. Photo from Realtor site. |
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| The Crescent came in two floor plans, and this house in Lake Forest is the larger one. Photo from Realtor site. |
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| This is technically the dining room. Photo from Realtor site. |
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| This was originally the front bedroom, now classified as a family room. Photo from Realtor site. |
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| This Crescent now has a European-style country kitchen. Photo from Realtor site. |
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| That's an original Sears door with its original Sears door hardware. Photo from Realtor site. |
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| This dine-in area off the kitchen was once the back bedroom. Photo from Realtor site. |
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| There were three rooms upstairs originally. In the 1950's, the attic rooms were used as a separate rental. The Glovers and the renters shared the same first-floor bathroom.The upstairs you see here was a total rehab in 2000, and the second story now contains three bedrooms and a master suite. Photo from Realtor site. |
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| Photo from Realtor site. |
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| Photo from Realtor site. |
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