Richard Wall House Museum
The playroom contains toys from the turn of the century. Pictured are antique and modern fire engines and a copy of a Greiner Doll. The room also includes a match stick village, paperdoll forms, stuffed animals, doll furniture and a collapsible handmade rocker.
The adjoining nursery is filled with 19th century children’s clothing and is furnished with clothes tree, a crib and a bassinet.
"The Toys"
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The five-foot high doll house was donated by Cynthia Langsdorf Wilkinson. Constructed in 1915, furnishings were assembled from then until the early 1950’s. The nine rooms consist of Victorian parlor, kitchen, dining room foyer or club room, music room, nursery, two bedrooms, and bathroom. An attic, veranda, and balcony complete the construction. The house is completely furnished and electrified and displays petit point screens, rugs, and bell pulls. Throughout the house the floors are covered with simulated oriental rugs with authentic patterns. The rugs were included in boxes of cigars manufactured by the Girard Cigar Factory. Of great interest are three miniatures: 1) a complete bible measuring about 2 inches by an inch and a half; 2) a dowry chest from Oberammergau containing bolts of materials and household items; and 3) an operable electric train.