Wed 25 Jul 2007
You’re Never Too Old to Play
Posted by Dick under NH History
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The Whipple House & Glidden Toy Museum located in Ashland, NH, have approximately 30 doll houses on display - several dating back to the 1920s. One of their doll house displays is a Bliss House. Bliss Manufacturing Company was located here in New England’s own Rhode Island and was best known for their wooden toys and doll houses covered with lithographen paper. Today Bliss toys and doll houses are a RARE find. A majority of the Bliss doll houses were made around the turn of the century and are usually only featured in museum collections. The Whipple House display included Victorian houses, Farm houses, and barns created from wood, paper and metal.
The Whipple House Museum was built in 1837 was given to the Town of Ashland in 1970. The Glidden Toy Museum (a circa 1810 Cape) was purchased and renovated by funds provided by Pauline Glidden opened in July of 1991 and offers 2000 antique toys for visitors to enjoy.
