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  1. The Winchester Mystery House is a mansion in San Jose, California, that was once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester. The house became a tourist attraction nine months after Winchester's death in 1922.

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  3. May 24, 2020 · The Winchester Mystery House is a 160-room, Victorian mansion in San Jose, California, that was built by eccentric heiress Sarah Winchester, who inherited the fortune to the firearm company...

  4. Jul 3, 2018 · The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, has intrigued people for more than 100 years. Visit the home that’s inspired a horror movie.

  5. Nov 21, 2008 · Discover The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California: A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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    • It was built by the widow of a firearms magnate. William Wirt Winchester was the treasurer of the Winchester Repeating Firearms Company until his untimely death in 1881.
    • Legend has it a medium told her to move to California and build a new house. After both her young daughter and husband died in quick succession, Sarah supposedly went to visit a medium.
    • The house was under continuous construction for 38 years. Sarah purchased a farmhouse in California’s Santa Clara Valley in 1884 and set to work building her mansion.
    • Some think it was designed to be a labyrinth. No one knows exactly what Sarah’s plans for the house were or why she pursued certain ideas or architectural features.
  6. The Winchester Mystery House is in many ways the perfect American roadside attraction in that it is a combination of history and folklore built around the eccentricities of a mysterious, private person.

  7. Feb 11, 2020 · Exploring the famous must-see areas of Sarah Winchester’s Victorian-Style mansion. Construction lasted for thirty-eight years on the Winchester Mystery House, one of North America’s most unusual and eccentric homes located in the heart of San Jose, California.

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