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| 40 Pomeroy, Crystal Lake. |
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| Sears model No. 124. |
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| Closer view that shows the decorative stone veneer on the foundation. The foundation is actually concrete block. Sears recommended concrete block for the foundations. |
This house in Crystal Lake is a Sears Roebuck model No 124. In the early days Sears didn't have names for its houses--just model numbers.
The local historic society has plaqued this No. 124, and previous owners found a shipping label from Sears that authenticates the house.
Arthur and Augusta Mickelson built the house in 1913. The Mickelsons got a mortgage for $2,200 from the Home State Bank of Crystal Lake. They lived in the house only three years, selling it in 1916 to Edward and Edna Ostrander.
There was a mention of this house in the 1916 Sears Modern Homes catalog.
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| Scan courtesy of Daily Bungalow. |
You'll notice that this list of cities includes Lombard, but no one has been able to locate a No. 124 there and it probably has been lost. The No. 124 is a distinctive looking house, and it would be hard to miss!
1 comment:
Oooh, great to see this! I had such fun writing about the No. 124 in Tillamook, Oregon (some folks misspell that as Tillimook, but it's Tillamook). This one is a very nice example, though it looks to have lost a couple of windows, eh?
As always, great work!
Judith
Sears-House-Seeker.blogspot.com
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