tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post1581592489422958123..comments2024-03-19T15:22:58.216-05:00Comments on Sears House Seeker: Sears Cedars and the Multack Family • Kirkwood, MissouriSearsHouseSeekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17794563811693538951noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-83105367583706365722015-06-12T15:07:25.905-05:002015-06-12T15:07:25.905-05:00And... your website is a fabulous resource!And... your website is a fabulous resource!SearsHouseSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17794563811693538951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-61244607098794062252015-06-12T15:06:06.505-05:002015-06-12T15:06:06.505-05:00I know! I was impressed :) Thanks for your thought...I know! I was impressed :) Thanks for your thoughts!SearsHouseSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17794563811693538951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-32303858859104318882015-06-12T10:51:10.549-05:002015-06-12T10:51:10.549-05:00Once again, amazing research -- well done. Archit...Once again, amazing research -- well done. Architecturally, I'm really surprised by the two versions of the Cedars floor plan -- they are completely different, though only two feet were added to make the larger one. The front door opens into the living room in one, and into a hall in the other; the dining room is to the right in one, at the back in the other; one has no fireplace and in the second it is added, and similar changes upstairs…. wow, two utterly different houses in almost the same skin. Fascinating!<br />Love the Maltack family history, too. Great job.NotchNorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592233115819398599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-87941319168411377982015-06-12T08:11:45.762-05:002015-06-12T08:11:45.762-05:00It is nice to know if a house is authenticated jus...It is nice to know if a house is authenticated just so you know that you're using a "real" model for comparison in the future. The protocol I follow on my website is that: if a house is authenticated, I say it is and also say how. If it's not authenticated, I don't say anything. :)<br /><br />Windshield surveys are supposed to be used as a reconnaissance survey (not a true intensive survey). I think in the Sears home world, there are SO MANY Sears homes out there that no one could do an intensive survey on each one identified in the windshield survey. So the windshield survey for Sears homes is used as a higher standard for identification than it would be in any other area of architectural research. This is where a lot of problems start... houses misidentified based on a drive-by and it also opens the door for other people to claim houses are Sears houses even though they don't look anything like the catalog image (in a windshield survey it's all subjective anyway).<br /><br />The windshield survey technique of identifying Sears houses is inherently flawed. There has been talk in this area about creating a non-contiguous local historic district of the Sears houses. I'm very wary of this idea, because I believe that the houses must be authenticated to include them in the district and not ID's based on windshield survey. <br /><br />Lara Solonickne<br />Sears Homes of Chicagoland<br />sears-homes.com<br />Big fan of Midwestern barbecue<br />Sears Homes of Chicagolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06852344154514348451noreply@blogger.com