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Learn how Sarah Winchester, the widow of a gun manufacturer, built the world's most unusual and sprawling mansion in San Jose, CA from 1886 to 1922. Discover the facts, the rumors, and the mysteries of this architectural wonder and historic landmark that attracts millions of visitors every year.
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1945. John H. Brown dies in June 1945. His wife and two...
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Paranormal. 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.
- 1884–1906
- 525 South Winchester Boulevard San Jose, CA 95128
- 868
Mar 11, 2022 · By the turn of the century, Sarah Winchester had her ghost house: an oddly laid out mansion, with seven stories, 161 rooms, 47 fireplaces, 10,000 panes of glass, two basements, three elevators, and a mysterious fun-house-like interior. Public Domain One of the staircases to nowhere in the Winchester mansion.
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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.
Jul 7, 2016 · The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, sits between the eight lanes of the I-280 freeway, a mobile home park, and the remains of a Space Age movie theater.
Learn about the history and architecture of the Winchester House, a 160-room Victorian Mansion built by Sarah L. Winchester, wife of a rifle manufacturer, to appease the spirits of the victims of her family's products. The house was built from 1884 to 1922 and is now a popular tourist attraction in San Jose, California.
