sears houses in washington dc: A 1925 "Martha Washington" in Chevy Chase - 02/11/16 03:33 AM
 The "Martha Washington" kit house model from the Sears & Roebuck mail-order catalog was rather popular in the District of Columbia in the early 1920s. Sears offered the stately Dutch Colonial for a number of years.  It was not the largest model the company had to offer, but certainly not one of their smaller ones, either. We have identified and authenticated about half a dozen "Martha Washingtons" in NW DC--including one each in Shepherd Park, Takoma DC and  Cleveland Park, and two in Chevy Chase. One of these was just listed for sale with our very own office.
The Chevy Chase house, built in 1925, has … (4 comments)

sears houses in washington dc: New in Bethesda - 09/21/12 12:54 PM
There are some great new historic kit house listings out, a really charming 6-bedroom, 3-bath Sears "Colchester" in Silver Spring and a rather stately Lewis "Cheltenham" that hit the market just today in Chevy Chase. We'll talk more about them on Sunday. For now, Marcie and I are getting ready for our own Open House in Bethesda -- a really pretty and comfortable colonial with a beautiful spacious kitchen addition:
Hope to see you there!
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