My Vintage Dollhouses: Rich Toys Made 3 Dollhouse Castles!

In 1936, Rich Toys produced three majestic dollhouse castles that were modeled after the Colleen Moore's Doll Castle.

The smallest of Rich Toys three dollhouse castles came with three rooms and was made of cardboard.

This model is missing the small towers and a balcony which also included a small tower. Each room has a large colorful carpet rather than a plain floor. This castle measures 15 inches high, 20 ½ inches wide and 10 inches deep.

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The mid-sized Rich Toys castle came with five rooms. Most details are silk-screened rather than three-dimensional. This castle is 17 inches high, 24 inches wide and 13 inches deep.

The interior walls are plain brown, but the windows and doors of the castle have silk-screened frames.

The largest Rich Toys castle came with eight rooms. It is made with US Gypsum Hardboard and pine pieces. The exterior walls are painted a cream color with grey brick details. The roof and tops of the towers are glossy red with the floor interiors either bright yellow or light green. This castle measures 20 inches tall, 30 inches wide and 19 inches deep.

The interior walls are a natural brown except for silk-screened Gothic motifs around the doors and windows. The large window in the living room has two black lines top to bottom spaced to imitate pillars. This version of the Doll Castle includes a courtyard section with two graduated half-moon steps to a brick walkway.

The right side of the dollhouse castle shows the kitchen and dining room.

The left side of the dollhouse castle shows the parlor and downstairs bedroom, with a bedroom and bathroom on the second floor. These pictures of this fabulous dollhouse castle are from Carol Stevenson's Colleen Moore's DOLL CASTLE made by Rich Toys.

This large Rich Toys castle now resides with JoAnn and Don Bellanger. JoAnn and Don are the proprietors of Dollhouse Wonders, the Etsy shop that makes all the wonderful replacement parts for our vintage dollhouses.

The footprint of this dollhouse was arranged to showcase the front, but with an open back and sides for playing. This toy castle is furnished with Tootsietoy dollhouse furniture, the perfect size for this wonderful dollhouse.

Across the back of the lower level is the dining room, living room and ladies parlor.

This well furnished dining room has a door leading into the living room. The door to the left opens to the kitchen,

making a convenient serving arrangement.

The kitchen is open on the left side of the dollhouse. To the right is the door leading to the dining room, with the gated window showing the courtyard.

The large living room has a gated grill opening to the front patio. The door to the right leads to a lady's parlor.

A baby grand piano, with a view to the courtyard, is in a corner of the living room.

The castle's front door opens to this well spaced living area that has ample seating and space to entertain many guests.

It looks like the ladies are having a grand time in the lady's parlor. The Victrola is open....with a little ragtime music wafting through the castle. Wonder if that really is tea in the tea cups.

Someone is already relaxing on the davenport. From the lady's parlor, we can see into the main bedroom found on the first floor.

This is a nice large bedroom with a gated window looking out into the courtyard. The room is large enough for twin beds and two lounging chairs.

On to the second floor....

Someone is snoozing....

Upstairs on the left is a cozy area to curl up with a good book. The lady of the house also has a desk for corresponding with friends, especially when she wants to invite them to a "tea" party in her downstairs parlor. The open doorway leads to the bathroom.

*the wall separating this room and the bathroom is a replacement wall made by Don Belanger when he and JoAnn acquired this wonderful castle.

The area for the bathroom is the perfect size for the Tootsietoy bath set. The door to the right leads to a second bedroom.

This second bedroom has a tall window overlooking the courtyard.

JoAnn has shared many close-up pictures of what makes this Rich Toy Dollhouse Castle a joy to see. Enjoy!

The kitchen table with a bowl of apples and a toaster

A close up of the toaster....

evidently a new-fangled electric one

A Tootsietoy mug and a kitty waiting for his bowl to be filled

A lovely tea set

A cart with pastries

A tray of sandwiches looking good enough to eat!

Daintily decorated small vases

More lovely vases.

A radio from the appropriate era

A portrait of Colleen Moore

More wall decorations in this castle

A picture of the movie star Colleen Moore

These lovely ceramic dolls made during the 1920s, possibly by Hertwig, with the "bobbed" hairdo made popular by Colleen Moore, the inspiration for the Fairy Castle that now resides in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois.