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The Helmerich

This one-of-a-kind miniature home was on display for the first time in Chicago at the Tom Bishop Chicago International Show, April 9th and 10th, 2011. The show was at Marriott Chicago O’Hare, 8535 W. Higgins Road. For more information about this show check out Tom's web page.

The asking price for this house is $54,900, which includes delivery. If you are interested or know of someone that would be interested in purchasing this unusually rare and exquisite dollhouse, please contact Jeepers to set up a personal showing and to be placed on a private mailing list for individual updates of this unique offering.

The Helmerich is 7 foot-5 inches of customized uniquely designed miniature home by Jimmy Landers of Huntingburg, Indiana. Mr. Landers has cut no corners in making this dollhouse. It boasts 10 rooms with 2-1/2 baths. He has no written plans and says he could never duplicate it; the Helmerich is truly a one of a kind masterpiece.

There are eight custom designed coal burning and lighted fireplaces made by Sue Cook of England. Each fireplace has been installed with a marble or granite hearth. There are nine leaded and stain glass panels personally created by Barbara Sabia from Florida. Eight hand-made chandeliers with hand blown custom globes made by Tim Kraft of Luminations by Mr. K of New Jersey light the home.

Real marble is used in the master bath and real granite in the 2nd bathroom. The foyer features hand laid cultured marble. The hardwood floors are individually laid 1/16” x 1/2” random lengths of cherry with mahogany inlays. Each floor has been individually sanded and sealed with at least three coats of polyurethane finish. The kitchen features a pickled finish on western pine floor.

Woodworking throughout is custom shaped cherry wood. All of the doors are 8” tall and constructed with up of 51 separate pieces. The door panels are made of birdseye maple. There is a working concealed pocket door in the Library and an elaborate arched doorway into the master bath.

The roof has over 6,000 natural slate tiles with valleys and flashing lined with real lead, all of which were supplied by Richard Stacey of England. The siding is 23 square feet of clapboard cut from western pine and applied over the stick framed walls. The gutters and down spouts are recreations of the old cast iron gutters of the period.

The house is fully electrified with over 250 LED accent lights (LED strip lights) in addition to the eight chandeliers, porch lights, hanging bare bulbs in the kitchen and bathroom light fixtures. It is all hardwired using 24 gauge wire and runs off an 8 ohm 12 volt D.C. transformer. The lights are controlled remotely using three different zones. Working base plugs are in most rooms and every fireplace has illuminated coals. There is even a working ceiling fan with lights in the Library (shown at right). Return to video slideshow page.