A Stately Sears Haverhill in Evanston

1010 Isabella, Evanston. Capture from Google Streetview.

Sears Haverhill.

The Sears Haverhill was sold from 1933 until 1940. Sears marketed the Haverhill as an economical Colonial. Considering the Haverhill was launched in 1933, the slowest year for residential building in decades, "economical" was the operative word.

This Haverhill in Evanston was built in late 1932/early 1933.

The dormers are original to the house as the attic was initially finished as a recreation room. The side porch was an option on many Sears models.

The current owners have enclosed this porch and made it a sunroom, but originally it looked like this. The railing is original from Sears.

The same railing seen in the catalog illustration for the Sears Jefferson house.

The front entrance was modeled after the one on "General Strong's home, which was built 'way back in the Revolutionary days," according to the Modern Homes catalog. I took this photo before the current owners purchased the house, and the house needed some sprucing up. 

The Haverhill front entrance as shown in the catalog illustration.

This appears to be an original light fixture.

These railings are original from Sears and can be found on other Sears models.

The Haverhill has an identical floor plan to the Sears Alden. However, the Haverhill exterior is brick, it has a fan-light entrance, and has more windows in the front.

A fireplace came standard with the Haverhill. (The Sears Modern Homes catalog called it "friendly.") The door goes out to the sun porch. Photo from Realtor site.

This kitchen photo was from when the house was sold. Those are original kitchen cabinets from Sears. Photo from Realtor site.

The first-floor half bath with pink tile! Photo from Realtor site.

Three bedrooms on the second floor, and two full baths. The master bedroom has a separate dressing room and two wardrobes.

The master bedroom. Photo from Realtor site.

The master bath with a walk-in shower, as indicated on the floor plan. Only a couple Sears models featured separate showers.

The original owners were Johannes and Grace Krawetz. Johannes received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Northwestern University in 1923 and he stayed in the area. He was president of the Phoenix Chemical Laboratory.

Johannes and Grace purchased the lot in August 1932. Baby Arthur would be born in October, so they needed a home of their own.

The Krawetz's lived in the Haverhill for the rest of their lives. Johannes died in 1974 and Grace died in 1984.

Dr. Arthur Krawetz and his wife Sallie Posniak lived in the house following his parents' deaths. Like his father, Arthur also worked for Phoenix Chemical Laboratory.

Arthur died in 2015, and Sallie sold the Haverhill in 2016. The house was reported as a Sears house in the real estate listing.