![]() ![]() Vouchers are $26 and valid through May 1, 2021. So, you can visit the house on a date that works for you without fear of COVID-19 closures ruining the party. This ticket has no blackout dates or restrictions. Currently, Winchester Mystery House is offering a specially-priced ticket voucher that can be used at any time in the future. If a virtual tour isn’t enough, you can purchase tickets to see the curious mansion in person. Sarah spared no expense on this strange and massive home. Some people say the spirits walk the halls to this day. If construction were to ever cease, the spirits would be able to take revenge on Sarah as heiress to Winchester Repeating Arms. Why all of this renovation though? Legend says that a psychic told Sarah she must keep renovating the home to keep away spirits of those killed by Winchester rifles. After 36 years, the house had grown to a massive mansion boasting 160 rooms spanning 24,000 square feet. These renovations never stopped until she passed away on September 5, 1922. ![]() She purchased an eight-room farmhouse and began renovating and expanding upon it immediately. After so much tragedy, Sarah packed up and moved to California now an heiress to the Winchester fortune. Only a few years later, her husband died of tuberculosis. ![]() As wife to the heir of the Winchester Repeating Arms fortune, she lost her infant daughter to illness. So, what exactly is the Winchester Mystery House? Located in San Jose, California this historic home was the personal residence of Sarah Lockwood Pardee Winchester. Their 41 minute tour will take you through the strange and spooky halls of this sprawling estate. They are offering free virtual tours of the estate now until April 7th. Parking is available in a front lot.Looking for something spooky while you are stuck home due to COVID-19? Well, Winchester Mystery House knows exactly what to do. Flash photography is prohibited inside the house. There are special Flashlight Tours on Halloween and Friday the 13th. This quirky attraction offers many levels of engagement, including daily estate tours, a garden tour, axe throwing at the stables, an escape room-type tour, and a virtual tour. (Yes, of course they host weddings here.)The Winchester Mystery House is featured on the Santa Clara Pride Scavenger Hunt. These are details you may want to consider before you book the Winchester Mystery House as your wedding venue. What motivated this former socialite to withdraw from the world and obsessively add on to her home? Some say she was following a psychic’s orders, while others say she was tormented by ghosts. After her death in 1922, the doors opened to the public. By 1922, the house was an intricate, 24,000-square-foot maze of oddities. As one does, she began renovations-windows, skylights, elevators, central heating, indoor plumbing, six kitchens, staircases that led to ceilings, stained glass windows in dark areas, and several secret passageways. After her infant daughter and husband both died, she moved from Connecticut to California and bought an eight-room farmhouse in 1866. This architectural marvel was owned by Sarah Lockwood Pardee Winchester, an eccentric widow and heiress to a gun company fortune.
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