tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post5983252088297639951..comments2024-03-19T15:22:58.216-05:00Comments on Sears House Seeker: Our First Sears Lorne: Another DeHaven Family Home in Glenshaw, PASearsHouseSeekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17794563811693538951noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-44490712701720424472023-04-22T20:29:31.304-05:002023-04-22T20:29:31.304-05:00Thanks so much for your comment, Bob Uhl!Thanks so much for your comment, Bob Uhl!SearsHouseSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17794563811693538951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-17852446099323636592023-04-18T13:39:16.213-05:002023-04-18T13:39:16.213-05:00My mother, Jeanne DeHaven Uhl grew up in this hous...My mother, Jeanne DeHaven Uhl grew up in this house. As kids, our family would regularly visit our grandparents, Aunt Ruthie, and lots of cousins. The story, I remember, was the Sears Roebuck houses were ordered out of the catalog with the desired options, extra rooms, porch, etc. The kit arrived by train at the station and was then brought by horse drawn wagon to Eade Ave and the brothers helped to build the houses. <br />The entry was always through the porch door at the rear gravel circle. Next to that entry door was the small cubby door for the milkman to leave the bottles with inside cubby access. This was also where the house key was hung when leaving the house. The dining room was always the dining room, and in the corner, a cuckoo clock that would be started up to cuckoo when we were there. The "library" had the grand piano that the sisters would play. We had lots of hours "driving" that Wheelhorse tractor. Our grandfather showed us the correct way to shovel Pittsburg snow on that steep curving driveway so the piles would be manageable thru the winter.Bob Uhlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-40004502097920390082022-10-19T07:33:00.903-05:002022-10-19T07:33:00.903-05:00I grew up in Glenshaw and I love Craftsmen homes s...I grew up in Glenshaw and I love Craftsmen homes so it was very interesting to read all about this home. If I remember correctly there was a grade school named after the DeHaven family too. Thanks to all who worked to pull all this information together. Marcia Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-83399323046913709312018-09-04T00:09:39.890-05:002018-09-04T00:09:39.890-05:00@Kim, Hi! I am Karen, the researcher mentioned in ...@Kim, Hi! I am Karen, the researcher mentioned in the blog, who along with my friends Judith, Andrew and Marie, had so much fun figuring out the DeHaven Sears house connections. Judith is our “deep digging” researcher who loves to find family connections such as yours. I am just a Pittsburgher who bought a Sears house (unbeknownst to me st the time) and since finding out has taken up the challenge of finding as many Sears houses in the greater Pittsburgh area as possible. We are up to around 700! Do you still live in the Pittsburgh area? Thank you so much for sharing with us these wonderful details about your family and the houses they built! KarenDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17030159605534162437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-8999718057102421882018-08-30T14:17:24.450-05:002018-08-30T14:17:24.450-05:00To answer the question on the "blue room"...To answer the question on the "blue room", that was an addition that was added along with the sun room in 1929. <br />The "blue room" was eventually my grandfather's bedroom. From his bedroom, you walk through the Jack & Jill bath & into what eventually became my grandmother's bedroom. From my grandmother's bedroom there is a hallway with a door to access the other bathroom with a large soaking tub. There is also a door to access the kitchen from that hallway. <br /><br />All of the rooms connect in one big circle. Kind of like most traditional home floor plans. <br /><br />My grandparents & mother were able to age happily in the home since there were two bedrooms & two bathrooms located on the first floor. <br /><br />The open second floor area was created to be one large play room for my mother, Ruth DeHaven and her elder sister Jean Dehaven. <br /><br />All 4 bedrooms indeed had pretty nice sized walk-in closets. The basement even has a rough powder room that my grandfather built. When exactly, I do not know. He probably did that to create his own space since he had to share the other bathrooms with 3 females, lol. <br /><br />Any further questions, you can always message me on Facebook under Kimberly DeHaven O'Brien. <br /><br />Again, I appreciate ALL of the hard work the three of you put into all of this. I love seeing all of this great detective work about all of these amazing Sears Kit Homes. <br /><br />PS I meant to use my name for my previous two comments vs the gmail. Is there any way to change that on your end? I never paid any attention to it until now. I was hard at work trying to provide the true facts about my family & all of the houses where they resided. Kimberly DeHaven O'Briennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-22440993561501153452018-08-30T11:25:56.713-05:002018-08-30T11:25:56.713-05:00Henrietta & James Lear build the Cape Cod loca...Henrietta & James Lear build the Cape Cod located @ 139 Eade Ave. Also many memories in that house for family gatherings. I will always cherish Eade Ave for so many reasons.Kimberly DeHaven OBrienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814917155941868714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-72832802282301962312018-08-30T11:24:02.870-05:002018-08-30T11:24:02.870-05:00Just a little more family history, I hope that I a...Just a little more family history, I hope that I am not boring everyone! <br /><br />My grandmother's family, The Simpson's....no not the cartoon, lol.........built the house that is now Neely's Furneral Home. My grandfather William DeHaven married my grandmother Irma Simpson in the house Irma grew up in. The room is now called "Room A" at Neely's. That very room is where my grandfather & grandmother's memorials were held. Naturally I made sure that my mother's memorial was also held in that very same room, now "Room A". <br /><br />Reverend Steve Myers, resident of 102 Eade, was the clergy at each of my grandparents memorials and also my mother's. Pretty amazing!Kimberly DeHaven OBrienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814917155941868714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-85572104096564173782018-08-30T11:19:42.315-05:002018-08-30T11:19:42.315-05:00Hello,
This blog is FABULOUS!!! Thank you so much...Hello,<br /><br />This blog is FABULOUS!!! Thank you so much. This means the world to me. My name is Kimberly DeHaven Rigg O'Brien. DeHaven is my middle name, Rigg my childhood name, O'Brien my married name. <br /><br />I have never been able to confirm what model Sear Model Home Kit home my grandparents built.<br />I've always been fascinated with that house. My grandparents customized the Sear Model Home Kit it to their needs & to the layout of the property. The addition to the right of the house was added on in 1929. I remember my grandparents practically lived in that beautiful sun room addition. They were truly ahead of their time. Who had double sinks in the kitchen in the 1920's? They both put their stamp on the layout of that house down to the very large basement. The ceilings are quite high compared to other houses that were built in the 1920's and it's made out of dirt floors & walls.<br />My mother did not change her name from Rigg back to DeHaven due to my father's passing in November 1982. My mother & father divorced in 1971. My father's name was Warren G. Rigg, Jr. My mother was proud to be a DeHaven so naturally she changed her name back to DeHaven.<br /><br />My grandfather William DeHaven & grandmother Irma Simpon, gifted my mother & father an acre of their farm in 1966. My parents built the small brick ranch that is located @ 112 Eade Ave. I was born in 1968. I dearly loved living next to my grandparents.<br /><br />In 1982 my grandfather passed away. In 1987 my grandmother passed away. My mother jumped at the chance to move next door back into her beloved childhood home.<br /> <br />My husband and I were married in 1996. We moved into 112 Eade and lived there happily for 8 years. We sadly had to sell the house & move closer to main highways due to my husband traveling to Ohio a great bit. Joe & I updated the house inside and out. We put in a huge retaining wall in the back to give the house a beautiful, level yard. It was lovely to live there again.<br /><br />I nor my mother ever had any connection with the Fitzgerald's. We simply put the house onto the market, they simply bought the house. <br /><br />My grandfather's brother James DeHaven, built the house on the corner of Eade Ave, 102 Eade where Steve & Patty Myers have resided since the 1970's.<br /> <br />Henrietta DeHaven was James' only daughter. Henrietta married James C. Lear. We were all exceptionally close. Henri & Jim sold her childhood home, 102 Eade Ave, and built the lovely cape cod house at the top left of Eade Ave. I believe it's the second house on the left at the very end of Eade Ave before the street extends to the right. <br /><br />114 Eade Ave is where my Great Uncle Harmon lived. I remember going to wonderful family gatherings there. We all mostly lived on the same street, it was a lovely way to grow up. The Rihn family has owned 114 Eade Ave since I was a little girl. I would have to go through the many family documents my mother left me behind to verify when my Great Uncle Harmon passed away. I know I was quite young. <br /><br />I've always remembered that Eade was Elizabeth Ann DeHaven. I made sure that my mother was buried close to Elizabeth Ann DeHaven since she lived on Eade Ave. the majority of her life.<br /><br /> <br />Thank you again for this wonderful blog. It's dedication & passion like yours that gives answers to questions family members have that they cannot simply ask any longer. I will forever be grateful for this blog. That house is near and dear to my heart, it always will be. <br />Kim <br /><br />Kimberly DeHaven OBrienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17814917155941868714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-74241730642666543082018-08-02T01:42:23.272-05:002018-08-02T01:42:23.272-05:00Thanks so much for this information, and the expla...Thanks so much for this information, and the explanation of the origin of EADE Ave ! <br />Judith Chabot, Sears House Seeker blogSearsHouseSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17794563811693538951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-68234582551500759292018-07-30T16:53:19.887-05:002018-07-30T16:53:19.887-05:00Oh! Also, EADE Ave. is short for Elizabeth Ann DeH...Oh! Also, EADE Ave. is short for Elizabeth Ann DeHaven .............https://www.blogger.com/profile/08844655282548622626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-15726922827113393132018-07-30T16:41:15.264-05:002018-07-30T16:41:15.264-05:00Hi! My family lived next door to Ruth at 104 Eade ...Hi! My family lived next door to Ruth at 104 Eade Ave. I believe, if Harmon lived next door to Ruth, it would have been the small house (112 Eade) sold to the Fitzgeralds. I forget the relationship that they had with Ruth, but I *think* they were friends with Ruth’s daughter, Kim.<br /><br />As long as I can remember (35 years) Ruth’s husband had passed before I was born in ‘82 and had always gone by Ruth DeHaven. Most likely because of the historical ties to Glenshaw. <br /><br />I was in that house once for her daughters wedding shower and I was always so in love with it! Wish I still lived in Pittsburgh to go see it again in person. <br /><br />We always joked it was haunted :).............https://www.blogger.com/profile/08844655282548622626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-79611601925849110842018-05-27T11:21:03.638-05:002018-05-27T11:21:03.638-05:00Amazing, amazing... I'm exhausted just reading...Amazing, amazing... I'm exhausted just reading about it ;) Great teamwork, all of you, for working out all of the changes to the original layout! I'd still like to know where the heck they put their bathrooms, too, ha. Wonderful work to find all of the family connections, too, SHSeeker. Whew.NotchNorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592233115819398599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-58044414500398888512018-05-25T22:32:24.603-05:002018-05-25T22:32:24.603-05:00What a great blog post! Truly a team effort but I ...What a great blog post! Truly a team effort but I am glad you made sense of it all and were able to blog about it! :) Also really nice job on the family history -- the newspaper articles really tie it all together!Midwest Sears Homeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04963026594675961227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849432465886946157.post-2926809559286274032018-05-25T20:49:06.847-05:002018-05-25T20:49:06.847-05:00You are nothing if not thorough. I was really conf...You are nothing if not thorough. I was really confused by that upstairs. But I made that call on the original living room and dining room. I thought the original living room would have remained the LR and the back bedroom become a dining room. I never dreamed of removing that wall upstairs. Somehow, it seemed like a bathroom should have been there someplace. Oh well. Why people do things.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04713042854886303569noreply@blogger.com