The Cambria Toy Station started in response to the question
"What do you do with a 140 year old railroad depot?" Dorsett
Publications, publishers of the Cabinetmaker's Guides to Dollhouse
Furniture, The Scale Cabinetmaker, and The Best of TSC
series decided to open a retail outlet for our books. However, despite
our best efforts, sixteen books and a growing collection of cd-roms
do not take up 500+ square feet of retail space, so we decided to branch
out. The Cambria Toy Station in the result.
The
Toy Station is located in the historic Cambria
Depot (built in 1868 by the Virginia-Tennessee Railroad and listed
in the National Register in 1985) in Christiansburg, Virginia.
Specializing in:
- Wooden Toys (rattles, pull toys, vehicles, and animals);
- Wooden Trains, Construction Toys, Blocks, & Building
materials;
- Wooden Puzzles and Games;
- Cooperative Games and Jigsaw Puzzles;
- Puppets and stuffed animals;
- Educational Toys that spark the imagination and inspire
creativity; and
- Require no batteries, other power sources (other
than kid powered muscles), or objects with circuit boards.
Featuring
toys from Maple Landmarks, Imagiplay, Montgomery Schoolhouse, Haba,
TC Timbers, Goobi, Folkmanis Puppets, Klutz books, The Toymaker Paper
Toys, Selecta, Small Animal House, Family Pastimes, White Mountain Puzzles,
and others. We carry toys which are eco-friendly and come from companies
with small environmental footprints and sustainable approaches. In non-planner
speak, most of our products are made of locally-harvested wood or other
renewable resources, although there are exceptions for toys which are
too cool to pass up.
Check out our "Buy Safe"
Pages
& Supplier pages
to get to know our manufacturers.
Hours:
Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to
7 p.m.,
Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and
Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Contact Information
Canbria Toy Station
Dorsett Publications, LLC
630 Depot Street NE
Christiansburg, Virginia 24073
540-382-6431
dorsettpublications1@verizon.net
Miniature Exhibit and
Workshop
Originally, Jim and Helen Dorsett's prototype models from The Scale
Cabinetmaker were slated to travel west to the National Toy and Miniature
Museum in Kansas City. While some of their models are on display at
the museum, the museum decided not to follow up on the remainder of
the collection in 2006. Dorsett Publications decided to retain ownership
and open a small "inhouse" museum. The small exhibit includes,
among other things, the Victoria store building (Helen's final opus)
and a recreation of her workshop area and Jim's rolltop desk and pedal
car. The exhibit is open on the weekends and by special appointment.For
more information, visit Dorsett
Publications on the web or call Carol or Meghan at 382-6431.