See also Hullabaloo Sims 3
These Sims and their history are based on a RL family, the family of Howard P Lovecraft, a writer.
But any resemblance is purely coincidental as sources are rare.
Their RL story. They are all shown from Howard's perspective.
Whipple Van Buren Phillips, an American businessman was orphaned when his father
Jeremiah was killed in a mill accident; he caught his coattails in the machinery.
Whipple ran a store in Moosup Valley and invented a fringe-trimming machine
and made his money. Whipple ran the successful Owyhee Land and Irrigation Company.
In 1900 a dam built by his company on the Snake River in Idaho failed, as did
a replacement dam. He was forced to sell off personal property to avoid complete
ruin but still had plenty to keep his large family on.
Married Whipple, had five children with him. Harold Phillips' father Winfield Scott Lovecraft died, after years of being institutionalized as acutely psychotic in the Providence psychiatric institution, Butler Hospital.
Roby and Whipple took Harold and his mother Sarah in and raised Harold with their other daughters.
Mother married Winfield Scott Lovecraft, a traveling salesman of jewelry and precious metals. He died after years of psychosis in the local hospital. Hospitals are a place of terror to Howard, their only son.
The real Howard lived with his grandparents and later with his mother for many years, by the end of his life he still lived with the one surviving aunt.
By Sims standards he wasn't very successful. He scraped a living as a writer and editor, and only after his death did his works become more popular.
The whole family initially live together in one large house, though Uncle Edwin in particular wants to move out and establish his own family home. This house is larger than the RL house they lived in but similar in style.
These Sims were made without any custom content. For authenticity, they should be dressed in turn-of-the-century or Edwardian fashion: HPL was born in 1890. Of course, I couldn't do that with game content only. I would suggest All About Style for clothing.
They have not met anyone (made in a new clean neighbourhood) and you can download just the house if you wish. Would work very well in a Steampunk setting.
You can also download the family living in this house, as shown.
The house is barely furnished for your decorating pleasure: they were not very well off at this point in Howard's life.
I've play-tested the house and family extensively.
Download Bowen House, made with ALL Sims 2 EPs and Stuff Packs.
Download the family with their house.
Sita December 1, 2015