![]() ![]() (For the full pdf, click on the link on the page that opens.)Ī couple of other kit houses are on the market in neighborhoods that are a little further from our base:Ī 1925 Sears “Conway” is on the market in Cheverly. At $440,000 and less than 2 miles from the District line, this is another nice renovation, if not a restoration, that saves one of the historic kit houses. One of the upstairs bedrooms gave way to a second full bath. ![]() It was completely renovated, and while not so much in reverence to every kit house detail (judging from old pictures, much of those might have been lost before the contractor took over), so still respectfully and beautifully. This “Regal” is right in the Takoma Park MD “downtown” area and - after just a week - already under contract. (There’s only one other “Regal” we’re aware of, and that one can be found in Chevy Chase, DC.) Lewis had a large local sales office in DC in the early and mid-1920s and sold many of their kits to developers. The first one here was not a Sears product: It’s a 1925 “Regal” by the Lewis Manufacturing Company of Bay City, MI. After the recent long stretch without notable historic kit houses hitting our market area, there were a bunch in recent weeks that caught our eyes.
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