Delores Deen's 1955 doll house moved to Holden House Museum

The doll house was built in 1955 and stood on Moody Boulevard, Bunnell, for 66 years before the move on April 9.

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| 8:40 a.m. April 19, 2021

The Deen Doll House being moved from Moody Blvd to the Holden House Museum, April 9, 2021. Screenshot taken from the video made by EdSharkPhotoImages.com

"Doc" Deen. Screenshot taken from the video made by EdSharkPhotoImages.com

Delores and Bill Dean, Jr., 1955. Screenshot taken from the video made by EdSharkPhotoImages.com

The Deen and Doll House, April 2021. Screenshot taken from the video made by EdSharkPhotoImages.com

The Deen Doll House being moved from Moody Blvd to the Holden House Museum, April 9, 2021. Screenshot taken from the video made by EdSharkPhotoImages.com

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by: Ed Siarkowicz

Flagler County Historical Society

In 1919, William Henry "Doc" Deen, a local farmer and turpentine producer, built a house at 805 Moody Blvd. in Bunnell.

For Christmas in 1955, a doll house was built for Doc's granddaughter, Delores, by her Aunt Margaret Jane Deen's stepfather, Perry Hunt, on the Hunt family farm in Orange Mills, Florida. It was brought in as a surprise on Christmas morning, and was an icon on Moody Boulevard for close to 66 years.

On April 9, 2021, the doll house was moved to the 1918 Holden House Museum.

The Flagler County Historical Society would like to thank the following for making the move possible:

Cline Construction - Scott Sowers, Fred Stefancik, Michael Snyder
Bunnell Police Department - Chief Tom Foster, Office Jake Sanders
Flagler County Board of Commissioners
The City of Bunnell
The Deen Doll House Project Team - James Fiske (project lead), Preston Zepp, Tonya Gordon, Jan Reeger
Delores Deen
Bill Deen Jr.
Sisco Deen
The Flagler County Historical Society Board of Directors