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Winchester House Gate Plaque photo - picture in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California
Winchester Mystery HouseThe Winchester Mystery House was the home of Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester Rifle Fortune, from 1884 until her death in 1922.
Mrs. Winchester was convinced by an occultist (psychic) that the lives of her husband and daughter had been taken by the spirits of those killed by The Gun That Won The West and that shee too would share their fate unless she would begin building a mansion for the spirits on which work would never stop nor be completed. She was promised life for as long as she kept building.
So, with $1,000 a day royalties from the Winchester Rifle Fortune, the sounds of the carpenters' tools could be heard 24 hours a day for almost 38 years as the diminutive lady bult to live. And here is what was created...
Dedicated Friday the 13th, May 1983, by Winchester Mystery House and Mountain Charlie Chapter No. 1850, E Clampus Vitus.
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Last updated: Jan 10 2021 19:09:43 |
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Latitude & Longitude:
37° 19' 8.2056",
-121° 57' 2.16"
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