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| 721 Illinois St., Geneva. |
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| The Sears Starlight from 1927. The clipped gable dormer is one of its distinguishing features. |
The Starlight was one of the most popular models sold by Sears Roebuck. It was sold from 1911 to 1932!
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| The front porch offers a welcoming space. The Starlight has three full-size porch pillars and one half-pillar. |
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The Starlight had five rooms and plenty of windows. The living room, dining room and kitchen were stacked on one side of the house. The other side of the house had the two bedrooms separated by a small hallway.
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| This Starlight Cottage was actually built in 1926. |
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| All interior walls have been removed. |
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| As in the original floor plan, the stove is next to the now-exposed interior chimney. |
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| The front bedroom. |
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| The rear bedroom with the double windows. |
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| There is an addition on the back of the house for a master bedroom and bath. |
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| The new master bath. |
This Sears Starlight was built in the fall of 1926. The purchaser was a wealthy real estate developer in the Geneva/St. Charles area named Emery T. Moore, and he received financing from Sears Roebuck. He also built a Sears house next door. The former owners reported seeing Sears shipping labels on the lumber in the Starlight.
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4 comments:
Twenty-one years is an impressive run for any kit house; the Starlight clearly was what a lot of home buyers were looking for! It is interesting to note that in this renovation the living, dining and kitchen areas are still retained in their original locations despite the removal of interior walls.
So many of these houses seem to end up gutted or remodeled; it would be nice to have a centralized warehouse somewhere to receive unwanted parts and hardware which could be sold to help restore other Sears houses. Not sure how that would work logistically or financially, but it's a nice fantasy!
Lovely livable cottage as originally designed; the first thing I'd do if I acquired this one would be to put the walls back.
I would put the walls back too!
I’d keep the walls. The open floor plan ruins this home.
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