prendergast mansion
Jonas Prendergast was a master toymaker that lived in Prendergast Mansion and owned the Prendergast Toy Company. He made "marvellous toys...dolls that danced, stuffed animals that walked and talked" with a toy machine at the top of the mansion that he built to automate his toy creation; children would come from everywhere to see his toys and "beg their parents to buy them." Jonas would hold extravagant Halloween parties and give away toys instead of candy. He had married seven times but had only one child - Sophilia].
He had but a "fleeting passion" toward his wives; the only person who held his attention was his daughter. His latest wife, Ludmilla, One night, Sophilia died in a horrible accident in the chimney. The grief drove Jonas mad, and he shut down his toy making business, locking himself in his toy workshop. He died of starvation and is discovered by his brother, Old Man Tom, who claims that you can still hear the toy machine "chugging away, continuing to crank out his toys," which have become "twisted with anger and sorrow."
After Sophilia's death, the staff of the house began to see her ghost. All of them deserted the mansion; only Edmunds, the butler, stayed behind. this is that home.