A Sears Home in Homewood

Sears Homes of Chicagoland reader Donald Moore alerted me to this Sears Lewiston in Homewood.

18219 Riegel Road, Homewood.

Sears Lewiston.

A closer look. Notice on the right side that the Lewiston is not flush--the living room bumps out about a foot. This is one way to distinguish a Lewiston from lookalikes. By the way, the "S" decorative element on the chimney has nothing to do with Sears.

The Lewiston floor plan. The one in Homewood has a mudroom and a kitchen eat-in area added to the left side of the house. Two additional bedrooms are in the attic.

The living room has the original fireplace mantel and front door. 

A closer look at the original diamond-muntin windows facing the front of the house. 

This sitting area is the bedroom adjacent to the living room.

The eat-in area is new.

The new mudroom and side entrance.

An original telephone cabinet from Sears sits in the hallway.

The doors in the main floor hallway have original hardware from Sears Roebuck.

The rear bedroom on the first floor.

Stairs lead to the finished attic. That is original Sears newel post and railings, so the attic was likely finished at the time of construction.

One of the two upstairs bedrooms.

The Lewiston in Homewood sits on a large lot.

The architect of the Lewiston is David S. Betcone.

This house in Homewood was built in 1931. The original owners were William and Minnie Welby, who had nine children. William worked as a switchman for the Illinois Central Railroad.

Minnie had a heart attack at home in 1934 while playing cards with her family. William moved out of the house by 1935.

Copyright Disclaimer: All photographs in this post (unless otherwise noted) are from real estate aggregate Redfin.com and are used in this post for the purposes of education, consistent with 17 USC §107.