Cambria
Toy Station
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Dorsett Publications
The Scale Cabinetmaker Miniature Museum & Workshop
(Coming Soon!)
Cambria (Christiansburg) Depot
Cambria Historic District (Cool Places in the Neighborhood)
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.netMiniature 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.
