The Winchester Mystery House has a very interesting background. The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California, 525 South Winchester Boulevard, was built by Sarah Winchester ( Winchester Mystery House). The Winchester House was known for many things, including, the ghosts, the way it was built, and the famous, crazy, lady that owned and built the house (The Bizarre History of California’s Winchester Mystery House). The owner was Sarah Winchester, and she inherited 20.5 million dollars when her husband passed away. William Winchester, Sarah’s husband, and the creator of the Winchester Firearms, died because of pulmonary tuberculosis. Together, they had a child named Annie Winchester, but she died at infancy because of a disease named …show more content…
Sarah started building the house because she went to a medium who was supposedly channeling her dead husband. The medium said that Sarah needed to build enough rooms for all of the souls of people who’d been killed with the Winchester Rifles. Legend has it that all the doors that opened to walls, and stairs leading nowhere, was all a plan to “confuse” the spirits of the dead (The Bizarre History of California’s Winchester Mystery House). The Winchester Rifles were rifles built by William Winchester, Sarah’s husband. The rifles were used to fight in many wars (Winchester Mystery …show more content…
An earthquake in 1906 destroyed her 7 story house, and now the house is only 4 stories high. The house was on a floating foundation, and that is was is said that saved the house from being totally destroyed (Winchsester Myster House). The only time construction stopped was briefly after the 1906 earthquake, which trapped Sarah in a room for several hours, and she slept in a different room every night, so that made it hard for the construction workers to find her. ( 13 Peculiar facts you probably didn't know about the Winchester Mystery House). The construction immediately stopped right after Sarah’s death. Sarah Winchester, the owner, died in 1932 because of congestive heart failure. (Winchster Mystery