Doll House from the Meyers family, c. 1910-1915

Object/Artifact

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Alameda Museum & Meyers House and Gardens

Name/Title

Doll House from the Meyers family, c. 1910-1915

Entry/Object ID

1985.3.1

Description

ACC. NO. 85.3.1 SUBJECT CATEGORY: Doll House DATE OR PERIOD: c. 1910-1915 OBJECT: Doll House, on stand DESCRIPTION: Two-story four-room doll house. The exterior is off white with forest green roof and trim, The box-like stand is also painted green, Stand could possibly have been the storage place for the house furnishings. Has eight glass windows. There is a removable panel which lifts off the side of the doll house in order to play with it. The roof is topped by a red chimney; it has exterior doors which are not removable. Size: Stand: 15" x 30" high; Doll house: 26" high x 30" wide at roof. HISTORY OF OBJECT: Doll house of Mildred, Jean and Edith Meyers. Built by their father, Henry H. Meyers, a prominent resident architect of Alameda. Played with in the basement of their home at 2021 Alameda Avenue. ACQUIRED FROM: Jeanette Meyers DATE: January 13, 1985.

Interpretative Labels

Label

5/4/2020 MvL: current label: DOLL HOUSE This doll house belonged to Edith, Mildred and Jeanette Meyers, the daughters of noted architect, Henry H. Meyers, who designed and constructed it for their use. Edith later became a pediatrician and kept this doll house in her office to amuse her young patients.

Label

5/4/2020 MvL: inside the dollhouse is another label: DOLL HOUSE OF THE MEYERS SISTERS, MILDRED, EDITH & JEANETTE. THEIR FATHER H. H. MEYERS WAS A NOTED RESIDENT ARCHITECT OF ALAMEDA, DESIGNING SUCH STRUCTURES AS THE TWIN TOWERS METHODIST CHURCH, FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, AND THE VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILDING. DONOR: JEANETTE MEYERS, 1985