![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In later years she suffered greatly from arthritis and a weak heart. The 7 story observation tower tumbled to the ground. After the quake was over, the servants had to use a crowbar to pry Sarah out of her favorite bedroom: The Daisy room in the front of the house. The earthquake of 1906 in San Fransisco, dealt a serious blow to Mrs. The SFO Quake and the Death of Sarah Winchester There are many more strange theories and stories about the house and Sarah Winchester, read it all here. Every night she would conduct a séance to get inspiration for her building plans and protection from the bad spirits. In the middle of the house is a séance room. There are several trap doors and staircases leading out to windows that she could escape to, when she wanted. Winchester traversed her house in circles, to confuse the ghosts and spirits that were supposedly following her. There are miles of hallways and many secret passages. You will certainly get your excercize touring this house. It only comes off the ground nine feet, and each step is only two inches high. Also, the stairwells are long and skinny, not a good mix when you are clostephobic like me! One of the staircases is called the "switchback staircase." It has seven flights and 44 steps. I never walked so many staircases in all my life1 The way they wind all over the house in different directions, is extremely strange! In addition to the 160 rooms, the house has 2000 doors, 10,000 windows, 47 stairways, 47 fireplaces, 13 bathrooms, and 6 kitchens. The construction of the house spread over six acres. Sarah had all kinds of orchards to help supplement her income. Winchester hired carpenters to work day and night.īy the early 1900's the large estate had grown into a seven story mansion and 160 acres of farmland. For the next 38 years she kept adding onto the sprawling estate, that we know today as the Winchester Mystery House. Mrs. In 1884 she purchased an unfinished farm house, 3 miles from San Jose. Sarah decided she did need a change of scenery, and moved to see her niece in the Santa Clara Valley. She was also advised that as long as the construction of the house never stopped, then her life would not be in danger. The spiritualist advised that she could escape this horrible lot by: moving west and appease the spirits by building a great house for them to dwell. In this meeting she was told that her family and fortune were being haunted by spirits, and that these spirits were the cause of the death of her loved ones. and she fell into a deep depression.Īfter her husband's death she sought advice from a spiritualist in Boston, close to her home. Winchester suffered two devastating losses: her child and husband both died. In the mid 1800's Sarah married William Winchester, the son and heir to the Winchester rifle fortune. " The gun that won the west." Not long after, Mrs. ![]()
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