Guske 1904 Victorian Dollhouse
The Museum's newest permanent exhibit in miniature. This 11-room Victorian dollhouse was built by Dave Guske for his daughter Nicole. Mr. Guske’s research guided him to plans for a 1904 Victorian house built in New York at the turn of the century. Mr. Guske, an art, wood shop, and computer technology teacher as well as a finish carpenter spent two years building this dollhouse to a 1/12 scale of the original house. Some features of the dollhouse include a copper roof, square leaded glass skylight, two stained-glass windows by artist Bonnie Zimmer, spiral staircase and three porches.
Museum Director Peggy Marker expresses appreciation to Tom McLaughlin and David Guske.
Some of the guests pictured in the above slideshow:
Jan MacLean, Executive Director, Curricular and Instructional Programs
City of Mishawaka Mayor Jeffrey Rea
School City of Mishawaka Superintendent R. Steven Mills
Stacy Schmidt and Julie Darr
HLCM Board members Eva Jojo and Linda Irish
Tom McLaughlin and David Guske
Allen Marker
Pictured left to right: Tom and Pat McLaughlin, David and Jeanne Guske, Jerry and Sandy Gould.
