Salt Lake City, Utah - Hobbitville - Another Midget Enclave?

We drove to the back of this "park" and saw only a peacock and some quail. Apparently no longer the home to large birds. [Mike Goodman, 07/21/2008]

Hobbitville on13th East was built in the 1920s by this guy with the last name of Adams (i think). He really loved birds -- especially large birds -- so he bought this large property and built a bunch of bird houses that looked like real houses, almost perfect size for a dwarf. There's a gazebo and everything. He's long since passed away, but his wife and some birds -- ostriches and such -- still live there. His widow's house is smack in the middle and is a normal sized log cabin. She's given some of the property to her friends to live on, so they all live together, but their houses are normal-sized, too. All the people there are of average height. Long ago, it used to be a well known park -- now it's an urban legend that high schoolers dare each other to test. The lady does get mad when high schoolers come on a Saturday night and wake her up, so she does yell at people. But in the daytime you can go into the park and look at the large birds and midget-sized houses. [Holly Cravens, 01/09/2005]

On 13th East in Salt Lake City, right across from Westminster College, there is a small, somewhat gated community. This community is made up of midgets, all living together in the same area. All the houses are little, small ones. They of course gate the community to keep people out, but it's well worth a peek. Since the Lord of the Rings movies came out, we have affectionately named it "Hobbitville." [Katie Lewis, 06/20/2004]

[RA: An anonymous local reader notes: "We have been calling the place Hobbitville for a long time. Since I was in high school in fact. A very very long time ago!"]