The overalls aren't what make this unfortunate, rather the tour guide's anecdote about various sightings of the man over the years by staff members and guests. Unfortunately, the image I remember most is a framed photo of one of Sarah's workers, an elderly gardener in overalls. Photography is prohibited inside the mansion, so I take a ton of mental snapshots. Every architectural peculiarity is bubble gum to the eyes. Luckily for me, there's just way too much to admire. Some of the oddities were meant to serve as secret entrances and exits for good spirits, she says, while others were intended to confuse and mislead evil spirits. The results of the continual building and remodeling of the mansion are beautiful to behold, and I'm far more fascinated than afraid, even as I hear our guide explain a theory about why so many of the doors and staircases in the mansion go straight into brick walls or gaps seven stories high. And it never stopped, not until Sarah's death in 1922. According to tabloids at the time, a spiritual medium gave Sarah very specific instructions after William's death in 1881-to continuously build a home for herself and the ghosts of Winchester rifle victims to reside in.Īfter purchasing an unfinished farmhouse in 1884, construction of the mansion began without an architect or blueprints. Throughout the tour, she tells the tale of Sarah Winchester, widow of rifle manufacturer William Winchester, in bits and pieces. The tour guide leads our group, made up of 35 or so, down a hallway to a staircase, only the first of many. The tour begins shortly and we make our way to the front of the mansion. I fill my head with snarky jabs at consumerism to keep the apparition apprehension at bay. The amount of knick-knacks available at outrageous prices calms my initial fear even more. "I ain't afraid of no ghost!"Ī gift shop serves as the portal to the outdoor patio where the house tour begins. become my mantra as we approach the front entrance. The mentality is: If they can handle this, then so can I. How scary can this really be, right? I always get that same feeling when I see young children waiting in line for the same roller coaster as me. Even the parking lot helps a bit seeing touristy couples and families scurry out of their vehicles like they're heading into Disneyland gives me hope. My trepidation about visiting a supposedly haunted house subsides as I realize there's a Veggie Grill and other suppliers of serenity less than a mile away. SILLY SOUVENIR The Home Alone face was my gut reaction to Chris and Alli pointing rifles at me.Whether you're in it for the ghostly tales or the 160-room architectural oddity, a guided tour of this bizarre, unorthodox, and supposedly haunted 19th-century house is a fascinating window into the mind of a troubled genius. San Jose's Winchester Mystery House is a mansion of curiosity, the life's work of a woman stalked by tragedy.
Sarah Lockwood Winchester's eccentric and closeted nature saw to that. Rumors swirl around the extravagant house at 525 South Winchester Boulevard.
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👉 Please note: this venue can only be visited on a guided tour. ♿ Accessibility: the Mansion is not wheelchair accessible, but the Gardens and the Video Access Tour are You will be accomodated in the next available tour Tours run approximately every 20 minutes. 🕒 Time: tours run Monday – Sunday, 10:20 a.m. 📅 Dates: various dates (select during purchase) 💡 Learn about the mansion's strange former owner and the tragedies which prompted her innovative renovation project 🚶♀️ Hear the fascinating story of the house as you wander down aimless corridors and up staircases that lead to nowhere 🏠 Take an hour-long guided tour to access 110 out of the 160 rooms inside San Jose's Winchester Mystery House
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