The Victorian Dollhouse

The Victorian Dollhouse

The Victorian dollhouse was donated to the Edmonds Historical Museum by Gloria Osberg in 2013.

Gloria had earned a BFA at the University of Washington and has always had a lifelong interest in art and architecture. The original design was created in 1977 by Ted Huggins, a professor of English at Southern Oregon State College in Ashland, Oregon. He had been on a sabbatical and started designing dollhouses.

Gloria had purchased an unfinished shell from Ted, and then spent years finishing it and filling it with the furnishings you can see now. It provides a unique context for the Victorian artifacts in the Museum.