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This is a list of specifically named locations in the Samantha and Nellie series and film.

Bertram's Book Shop[]

A bookshop located in New York City and owned by Mr. Bertram. Samantha and Nellie meet outside the bookstore every day after school to walk home after they go to separate schools.

Coldrock House[]

Coldrock House for Homeless Girls is an orphanage for girls located in New York City on Twentieth Street. Mrs. Tusnelda Frouchy is the directress. The building is described as stern and unwelcoming, built out of blocks that look like dirty grey ice, and with a fence of sharp black spikes. Visitors are only allowed on Sundays for an hour from three to four o'clock in the afternoon. The residents are trained to be servants and maids, with some being sent away on orphan trains. The girls are made to wear drab brown dresses and their hair is cut short.

Nellie, Jenny, and Bridget O'Malley are sent to the orphanage after the death of their parents and the abuse from Mike O'Malley (and are sent there directly after their father's death in the film). They escape with Samantha after the threat of Nellie being sent away on the orphan train happens. There is no further interaction with Coldrock House after Nellie and her sisters leave in the books; in the movie after Mrs. Frouchy's dismissal, Cornelia and Samantha later bring Christmas gifts to the children of better clothing and good food.

Colored Part of Town (Mount Bedford)[]

The area of Mount Bedford where "colored" (Negro and other minority people) live, including Jessie and her husband Lincoln. It is on the other side of the railroad tracks from the upper class area. The streets are dark and narrow with drab, narrow, and dark houses with little grass. Nellie was once sent there to fetch medicine for Mrs. Ryland and so knew how to go there.

Clark School[]

A boarding school in Boston on Beacon Street. Miss Brennan attended there at about Nellie's age and trained to be a teacher. The school takes in Irish girls who want to become more than maids and factory workers.

Eighteenth Street[]

The street that Mike O'Malley lived on, above a shoemaker.

Fifth Avenue[]

The biggest, busiest street in New York City.

Gramercy Park[]

A small, fenced in private park in New York City; Cornelia and Gardner live nearby and have access to the park.

Lessing's Boys School[]

A private boys-only school in Mount Bedford.

Madison Square Park[]

A 6.2 acre public park located in New York City in Manhattan; bounded on the east by Madison Avenue, on the south by 23rd Street, on the north by 26th Street, and on the west by Fifth Avenue and Broadway as they cross. A suffrage rally is being held there as Samantha and Grandmary come to visit in Happy Birthday, Samantha!

Mike O'Malley's Apartment Building[]

Mike O'Malley's apartment is located above a shoemaker on Eighteenth Street. The building is gloomy and horrible, falling apart, with tattered laundry hanging outside. The building is dirty and dreary with rats in the walls at night, creaky steps, and dark hallways that reek of garbage. After Mike abandons Nellie, Bridget, and Jenny there, they are eventually forced to go to Coldrock House. It is unknown if he returned there, though the possibility is slim given his lack of work ethic and he was most likely evicted.

A woman with seven children lives on the top floor in a crowded room; she informs Samantha what happened to Nellie and her sisters.

Mount Bedford[]

Mount Bedford is a small, fictional town located on the Hudson river. It is based on the real city Mount Kisco, NY which is about fifty miles north of New York City.

Notably, Bedford is a real, slightly larger town nearby as well; until Mount Kisco became a town in its own right in 1978, it was half in the town of Bedford and half in the town of New Castle. It is quite possible that the fictional city was named after both locations.

Mount Bedford Home[]

The Mount Bedford home is where Samantha lives with Grandmary until Changes for Samantha. It is located on Chestnut Street, west of Elm Street (according to Samantha's character map) and is three stories high with an additional tower room.

The house floor plan and exterior is based on the Carpenter House located in Mount Kisco.

Butlers' Pantry[]

A small utility room off the kitchen (by definition), and generally used by the servants such as Hawkins.

Carriage House[]

Storage house for the carriage.

Library[]

The library is on the first floor near the parlor. Grandmary keeps writing supplies and a desk here.

Kitchen[]

The kitchen is on the first floor, and where Mrs. Hawkins works (and, for Samantha, can always be found). Samantha thinks of the kitchen as a warm place full of the smells of Mrs. Hawkins' cooking.

Parlor[]

The parlor is near the front of the house and the front walk can be seen from it. Grandmary and Samantha have their daily sewing hour here. It is also where guests come calling and visiting.

Samantha's Room[]

Samantha's room is on the second floor.

Sewing Room[]

The sewing room is on the third floor at the end of the hall and where Jessie works.

Tunnel[]

The tunnel is a hole in the lilac hedge between Samantha's home and the home of Eddie Ryland next door.

Tower Room[]

The tower room is at the very top of Samantha's house, above the attic and accessed up a steep set of stairs. It is a small room with windows in each wall and allows a view over a good part of Mount Bedford. This is where Samantha holds Mount Better School with Nellie.

Mount Bedford Opera House[]

The local opera house, located on Maple Ave. It is used for many special events such as roller skating parties and concerts. A speaking contest is held here in Samantha Learns a Lesson by the Mount Bedford Ladies Club.

It is based on the actual Mt. Kisco opera house.

Mount Bedford Public Library[]

The library in Mount Bedford. Samantha suggests holding a talent show to raise money to help repair it in Samantha's Special Talent.

Mount Bedford Public School[]

The local town public school. Nellie, Jenny, and Bridget attend school here from the time of their return in Samantha Learns a Lesson until they must return to New York. Eddie Ryland also attends this school.

It is likely based on Mt. Kisco Elementary School.

Mr. Carruthers' Candy Shop[]

A candy shop in Mount Bedford's downtown, owned by Mr. Caruthers. It is located on High Street, closest to the train rails through town.

Miss Crampton's Academy for Girls[]

The private school Samantha attends; it is a girls' only private academy.

In the book series it is located in Mount Bedford on Maple Avenue with a yard and benches for students to have lunch at on fine days.

In the movie, it is located in New York City and requires the girls all wear uniforms of dark plaid dresses with dark blue neckties, black shoes and stockings, white pinafores, and boater hats.

Mr. Jerome's Shoemakers Shop[]

A shoe repair store. It is between the stationery shop and the toy store, on the east side of the rails through town.

S.S. Londonia[]

A steam liner that Samantha, Grandmary, and Admiral Beemis journey on from New York City to Southampton, England during the events of Samantha's Ocean Liner Adventure.

New York City Home[]

Cornelia and Gardner Edwards's home in New York City, a tall and narrow brownstone located in Manhattan across the street from Gramercy Park. Samantha moves in with them along with the O'Malley girls after their adoption in Changes for Samantha. There are six marble steps leading to the front door.

Attic[]

Until they are discovered, the O'Malley girls hide here.

Gertrude's Room[]

Jenny and Bridget's Room[]

Samantha and Nellie's Room[]

Samantha has a room to herself upstairs; she and Nellie share it after Nellie is adopted.

O'Neill's[]

A department store located near Madison Square Park in New York City. Grandmary likes to do her shopping every time she comes to New York City.

Hugh O'Neill's was a real department store located at 655 Sixth Avenue and part of the Ladies' Mile Historic District it was sold and merged with the Adams Dry Goods Store in 1907 after the owner's death when the heirs could not maintain the business, and later shuttered near the dawn of the Great War (as were many stores of the Ladies' Mile).

Park (Mount Bedford)[]

A park in Mount Bedford (illustrations name it Jackson Park). It has a lake and a bicycling path alongside the lake.

Piney Point[]

Mary Edwards' summer vacation home; it is made up of land with several cabins and located in the Adirondack Mountains. Mary and her late husband, William, purchased the land when his business did well, and she designed the main lodge. There is a large rocky hill behind the main house from which Goose Lake can be seen.

Attic[]

The second floor of the log manor house, up narrow stairs.

Boathouse[]

Where Archibald Beemis initially stays on visits to Piney Point.

Goose Lake[]

A large lake that looks like a goose from a vantage point. A large island makes up its eye, with a teardrop shaped island underneath. The narrow neck contains large, sharp rocks, with more dangerous rocks underneath.

Manor House[]

A large log-cabin style house with two stories, it is the main manor house of Piney Point. Over the mantle inside is a mounted moose head.

Rose Cottage[]

Where Gardner and Cornelia stay on visits to Piney Point.

Teardrop Island[]

A small island near the larger island of Goose Lake. it is under the "eye," hence the name.

It was returning from this island when the boating accident that claimed Lydia and her husband's lives occurred, orphaning Samantha.

Wood-Tick Inn[]

A one-room cottage that Samantha, Agnes, and Agatha stay in on visits to Piney Point. It has three tall windows facing the lake and a porch that is covered enough to keep rain off, but open. Inside are three beds, and wooden furniture made of tree branches. Agnes says it's like a treehouse.

R.M.S. Queen Caroline[]

An English mail steamer ship (RMS either stands for Royal Mail Steamer or Royal Mail Ship) that is traveling from New York to London in The Stolen Sapphire. It has tall masts with sails and, though without many of the frills of more modern ships, is still a fine ship with first-class amenities. In The Stolen Sapphire it is being captained by Captain Newman. The ship has electricity but backs up with sails and oil lamps in the case of outages. There are first-class, second-class, and steerage sections but Samantha is unable to go outside of the first-class area.

Amenities of the first class include a saloon (which is reached on the narrow and low banistered promenade deck), a dining room that is being unused due to the low number of passengers, and thirty-two numbered personal cabins in a private corridor with white walls and polished wood floors along with the Captain's cabin and private dining room. Grandmary and the Admiral are in Cabin Eight.

Cabin Seven[]

Samantha, Nellie, and Nicole Étienne's cabin is clean and neat, but not as large as the one Samantha remembers from the S.S. Londonia--which she prefers, as she felt the cabin there was too much like a hotel. It has bookshelves and a wooden table built into the walls with straight-backed shairs and a porthole above. Behind doors in the paneling are the sleeping quarters, which have bunk beds; the one for the girls has its own porthole, a closet, built-in drawers, and upper and lower berths with red woolen blankets.

Cabin Thirty-Two[]

Nicole Étienne is moved there after being suspected of theft of the Blue Star.

Saloon[]

The first-class saloon has wide windows with a clear view of the sea and tables and chairs as well as overstuffed sofas.

Ravenscourt[]

A hotel in New York City, named for Horace Raven.

Railroad Station[]

The local railroad station is located near downtown. It is based on the real Mt. Kisco railroad station.

Ryland Home[]

Eddie Ryland and his mother Mrs. Ryland live next door to Grandmary and Samantha. They have a backyard with a bird bath and share the lilac hedge as a border with Grandmary's home.

Schofield's Toy Store[]

A toy store in Mount Bedford, part of the downtown and on Chestnut Street. Samantha first sees a doll in the window in Meet Samantha, which she gives away to Nellie. In Samantha's Surprise, she sees another doll she later receives from Cornelia.

Settlement House[]

A large gray building near the East River in New York City. The person in charge is Miss Brennan. The settlement house is a place for new immigrants to learn skills for American life as well as share their cultures; it offers a variety of classes (such as dance, carpentry, art, and cooking) as well as a kindergarten for younger children. Nellie O'Malley used to go there frequently with her sisters and later takes Cornelia and Samantha with her.

Seventeenth Street[]

A very big, busy and broad street in New York City. Nellie uses the street to make her way to the settlement house. It is described as a very crowded street of hundreds of people and clogged with pushcarts that Nellie has to push through to make her way to the settlement house.

Miss Smith's Stationery Shop[]

A stationery shop two doors down from the toy store.

Southampton, England[]

The docking destination of the S.S. Londonia in Samantha's Ocean Liner Adventure.

Swimming Hole (Mount Bedford)[]

A location for swimming. The students in Miss Stevens' class are grateful for it as a place to learn how to swim, as Ruth Adams has a cousin who learns swimming by being suspended in the air by ropes.

Town Hall[]

The town hall is located on Green Street.

Tyson's Ice Cream Parlor[]

An ice cream parlor in New York City.

Van Sicklen House[]

The Van Sicklens's home is located two house east of Grandmary's home, slightly east of Elm Street.

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