Theodore Carpenter House

The Theodore Carpenter House, in Mount Kisco, Westchester County, New York, is a post-American Civil War home built by Theodore Carpenter, a prominent Mount Kisco official.[1] The house was used as the main setting in the filming of the movie Ragtime.</ref>

The house also served as the inspiration for Samantha Parkington's house in the American Girl book series.[2]

References
  1. Susan Cochran Swanson and Elizabeth Green Fuller: Westchester County, A Pictorial History, The Donning Company/Publishers, Virginia Beach, Va., 1982, 1994, p. 111.
  2. Vries, Susan De (27 April 2018). "Live the American Girl Dream in the Grand Second Empire Home of Doll Samantha Parkington". Brownstoner. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

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