![]() Another odd feature are the doors that open into walls. As mentioned, there are staircases and corridors that lead nowhere. Not only is the Winchester Mystery House large and complex. The house has no less than 160 rooms and is so complex that many of the serving staff members needed maps in order to navigate it. DescriptionĪs you might imagine, the lengthy 38-year construction of what is now known as the Winchester Mystery House resulted in a rather large and complex structure. Work on the mansion began in 1888 and continued nonstop for 38 years until Sarah Winchester’s death on September 5, 1922. The continual building would also help Sarah achieve eternal life. As the story goes, Sarah was also told by the medium that construction of the house should never cease once it began, as this would ensure that her life would no longer be in danger. The medium then went on to convince Sarah that she should move West and build a house that could not only accommodate herself, but these spirits as well. Allegedly, a medium in Boston convinced Sarah that she and her family were indeed cursed by the spirits of those people who were killed by Winchester rifles. It is also believed that she sought out the services of spiritualists to help her make sense of it all. ![]() Legend has it that Sarah Winchester believed her family to be cursed. Things only worsened in 1881 when her husband died prematurely from tuberculosis. Sarah fell into a deep depression after the death of her daughter and never fully recovered. ![]() This was the year that Sarah and William’s infant daughter Annie passed away from marasmus (a severe form of malnutrition). Life was good early on, though things took a change for the worse in 1866. Thanks to the couple’s status, they enjoyed access to New England’s high society. In 1862, she married William Wirt Winchester, who was the only son of the owner of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Sarah Winchester was born Sarah Lockwood Pardee in New Haven, Connecticut.
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