The Gray House

a 1930's colonial revival mansion originally made by Bud D. Gray. This finely scaled house has 9 rooms with both front and back facades totally removeable. Architectural details include individually cut shingles, double hung windows with mullions and removeable screens, working hinged green painted shutters with cloverleaf cutouts, arched front entrance peak roofed portico with raised platform and column supports, first floor flower boxes with paper flowers, paneled front door with brass knocker and fan lights on either side, Kingsbury sedan in painted driveway, batten garage doors that are battery operated, dormers and chimneys and a back porch with colonaded roof. Interior details include stairs, interior panel doors, closets with curtains, corner cupboard buit in, fireplace and silhouettes painted on the nursery walls. Furnishings include a mixture of generations including Tynietoy yellow sleigh bed, bureau and rocker, blue painted nursery crib, chest, table, highchair, 6 ladder back chairs, side board, demi lune table, wing chair, desk, banjo clock and chippendale mirror with eagle; of a later date Wisconsin Toy Co. deco bed and bureau, Lynnfield sofa and kitchen hutch with dry goods, Arcade iron stove, tin types, metal sewing machine, cutlery, Dolltoi lamp. Dolls include 2 1920's bisque dollhouse doll ladies, 1 bisque dollhouse doll child, bisque cats and dog. Also with Gottschalk pressed cardboard porch furniture and potted plants, Tynietoy garden bench, bird bath, sun dial and a pair of potted brush trees along with 2 German sponge trees, c.1930
31" h., base 54" x 44"
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