pin1056 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Perhaps you can bash your garage kit into a port cochere Holly you are 'Port Cochere" obsessed i tells ya!! you have to build one onto one of your houses :lol: Emily that house is fantabulous!!! what a deal!!! what a house!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Linda, one of my maternal grandmother's best friends married "well" and her house had one with a small room over it off the second floor with vertical casements on three sides and bookcases, and whenever I'd get to visit, that was my favorite room! The house was only a couple of blocks from the Cleveland (OH) Museum of Art and THAT was another favorite place I loved to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodentraiser Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 OK, I finally found your house in one of my catalogs, but now that you have it, you probably know more about it than what's in my catalog! :groucho: You are right - the house is called the Hillside Victorian and it is by Mini Wright. The dimensions on it are 40H x 28W x 20D. 3/8" birch interlocking construction. 3 floors, 8 rooms plus hallway, 3 staircases. I'll repeat the description I have: Heirloom quality slant bay home features: authentic detailing, unique second floor, entry with 3" base and side street stairs for hillside effect. Shingled, Queen Anne gabled roof; doublehung window treatment. The suggested floor plan defined by removable partitions includes: lower level maids' quarters, bathroom. hallway, kitchen, and wine cellar/pantry. Main level includes: living and dining rooms (12" ceilings). Third floor: spacious bedrooms. The house in in the 2nd edition of the Miniatures Catalogs copyright 1979 and the house sold for $450 and came unassembled. I'm sorry I didn't see this earlier, but it was actually listed in the townhouse section instead of with the Victorians! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nathaniel Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 It kind of looks like the American Craft Products Queen Anne... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 Wow, thanks for the info, Kelly! Any chance I can get a scan of that catalog page? I'll send you a PM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherry Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 What a wonderful house! I'm so jealous!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Two years later, I'm finally starting to rehab this house! First day's work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Oh, is that ever a gorgeous house! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 I'm still trying to learn more about the history of this house. Someone who recently purchased on one Craigslist found my blog through Google and we've swapped a few emails. Today she sent me a bunch of pictures and said I could post them. The house is beautifully finished... makes me excited for how mine will look when it's done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 Just stumbled upon a weird thing on Google and thought I would post it here for posterity... http://daddytypes.co...son_auction.php I was searching for photos of the Elizabeth Anne dollhouse (which have nothing to do with this one) and this picture came back. It is apparently of a dollhouse that went up for auction with some of Michael Jackson's belongings. The dollhouse looks mighty like the Hillside Victorian, but with a porch. It's gotta be its sister the "Country Victorian," which was next to the Hillside Victorian in the catalog page Kelly scanned for me way back when. Although I have stumbled across a couple of Hillside Victorians since I started mine (someone local to me is actually rehabbing one, too!), this is the first time I've seen the elusive Country Victorian. If Michael Jackson had one these things must have been considered quality. ;) I'm still trying to learn more about the MiniWright company that made these house kits, if anyone has info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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