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.[citation needed]
The house also served as the inspiration for Samantha Parkington's house in the American Girl book series.[2]
References
edit- ^ Susan Cochran Swanson and Elizabeth Green Fuller: Westchester County, A Pictorial History, The Donning Company/Publishers, Virginia Beach, Va., 1982, 1994, p. 111.
- ^ 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.