Winchester Mystery House

About the Business

Specialties

The Winchester Mystery House® is an architectural wonder and historic landmark in San Jose, CA that was once the personal residence of Sarah Lockwood Pardee Winchester, the widow of William Wirt Winchester and heiress to a large portion of the Winchester® Repeating Arms fortune.

History

Established in 1923.

The Winchester Mystery House is the beautiful but bizarre mansion built by Sarah Winchester, heiress of the Winchester Repeating Arms fortune. Construction began in 1886, and didn’t stop for 36 years until Sarah’s passing in 1922. The dizzying Victorian-style structure features many odd and mysterious features. Doors that open to walls, stairways that lead to the ceiling, and many more oddities in the massive mansion. Since tours began in 1923, millions of people from around the world have toured the lonely hallways, dark passages and ornate rooms of the Winchester Mystery House. It has intrigued visitors, scholars, and media from throughout the United States, and around the globe, with its combination of the beautiful and the bizarre, its story of heartbreak, tenacity and invention and its legends of the paranormal. Tours are available daily, 364 days a year.

Meet the Business Owner

Business owner information

Winchester Mystery House, LLC W.

Business Owner

Celebrating 100 Years in 2023

Winchester Mystery House also recommends

Santana Row

Winchester Mystery House, LLC W. says, “Santana Row - home of the Winchester Mystery House”