A few Sears Homes of Chicagoland readers requested that I cover more Sears catalog homes in Lansing. I haven't had a chance to visit Lansing lately, but luckily there have been a few Sears homes for sale with photos online. Let's take a look!
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| 18234 Burnham, Lansing. This is the Sears house in Lansing everyone knows about. Photo from Realtor site. |
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| Sears Vallonia. |
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| 3119 180th St., Lansing. Those are the original brackets. Photo from Realtor site. |
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| Sears Conway. |
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| 18135 Oakwood Ave., Lansing. Is this a Sears Rochelle? The owners say it is a Sears house. Build date of 1930 is right and a lot of little details match. The interior doors have door hardware that looks like a style sold by Sears. A good sign! Photo from Realtor site. |
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| Sears Rochelle. Scan courtesy of Daily Bungalow. |
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2 comments:
Three interesting houses! While the Rochelle feels more substantial rendered in stone, I think I prefer the warmer and fuzzier look of the shingled exterior.
The end-of-the-porch steps and unsheltered portion of the porch floor must have been problematic for lots of Conway owners; many of the examples I have seen show that section of the porch to have been removed (as seen here).
The Vallonia is fortunate to have retained its signature Craftsman porch supports; they're a great feature!
That's a good point about the Conway entrance that I have not discussed before. I do prefer the steps on the side! You can see both approaches here:
http://www.sears-homes.com/2019/10/a-collection-of-conways.html
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