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Media & Reviews

See what's being said about the castle!

General Interest

• "Thornewood redux: American Lake mansion gets a makeover" (The News Tribune)
• An excellent summary of Thornewood history from 1884 to 2002's "Rose Red" (HistoryLink.org)
• "High Tea, Teddy Roosevelt, Stephen King and a Castle" (Suite101.com)
• "The Movie Star in our Back Yard: Thornewood Castle" (Bremerton Sun)
• "A Gothic Tale: A piece of grand garden history" (The Seattle Times)
• "A Mansion for the Masses?" (The Tacoma News Tribune)
• "Entrepreneur launches small business in a big house" (Business Examiner)
• "Tacoma heirloom; Historic trophy: Pacific Northwest prize has been passed around since 1895 " (The Tacoma News Tribune)
• "Adding some blue to the greens" (The Tacoma News Tribune)

Thornewood Events

• "Taking Time for Tea" (The Tacoma News Tribune)
• "Castle Gardens on Smithsonian National Tour" (The Tacoma News Tribune)
• "Murder mysteries around the Northwest" (The Seattle Times)

Rose Red Miniseries

• "'Rose Red' miniseries is first Stephen King tale completed since his serious injury" (The Tacoma News Tribune)
• "Thornewood sees 'Red'" (The Tacoma News Tribune)
• "Seattle is Stephen King's latest haunt: Miniseries reveals scary side" (The Seattle Times)
• "Miniseries will feature 'castle' in Lakewood" (The Tacoma News Tribune)
• "Scene around the Sound: Seattle, other Northwest locations are the setting for several new TV series" (The Tacoma News Tribune)

The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer Movie

• "Hauntingly sexy" (The Tacoma News Tribune)
• "'Rimbauer' writer clears up book, film mystery" (The Tacoma News Tribune)
• "Filming begins on 'Rose Red' prequel" (The Tacoma News Tribune)