Welcome back to Reddit on Wiki, and here we are at Episode 12? We're 3 months in and glad you're staying along. This week's episode is the start of our #SpookySZN marathon where the guys will do something in the scary side to celebrate the Halloween season. John's up first, and he discusses The Winchester Mystery House.
According to Wikipedia: The Winchester Mystery House is a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansion (mansion) in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Jose,_California (San Jose, California), that was once the personal residence of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Winchester (Sarah Winchester), the widow of firearms magnate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wirt_Winchester (William Wirt Winchester). Located at 525 South Winchester Blvd. in San Jose, the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Anne_style_architecture_in_the_United_States (Queen Anne Style) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_architecture (Victorian) mansion is renowned for its size, its architectural curiosities, and its lack of any master building plan. It is a designated California historical landmark and is listed on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Santa_Clara_County,_California (National Register of Historic Places). It is privately owned and serves as a tourist attraction.
Since its construction in 1886, the property and mansion were claimed by many to be haunted by the ghosts of those killed with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_rifle (Winchester rifles). Under Winchester's day-to-day guidance, its "from-the-ground-up" construction proceeded around the clock, by some accounts, without interruption, until her death on September 5, 1922, at which time work immediately ceased.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#cite_note-3 ([3]) Sarah Winchester's biographer, however, says that Winchester "routinely dismissed workers for months at a time 'to take such rest as I might'" and notes that "this flies in the face of claims by today's Mystery House proprietors that work at the ranch was ceaseless for thirty-eight years."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIgnoffo2010112-4 ([4])
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RESOURCES
Wikipedia contributors. (2021, November 11). Winchester Mystery House. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House
Research Guides: Winchester Rifle: A Resource Guide: Introduction. (n.d.). LOC. https://guides.loc.gov/winchester-rifle
TIL in 2016, a previously unknown room was discovered in the Winchester Mystery House, bringing the total number of rooms to 161. The mansion has 47 staircases, 47 fireplaces, and over 10,000 windows. (2021, January 3). Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/kpsbit/til_in_2016_a_previously_unknown_room_was/
Winchester Mystery House. (2019, October 9). History. https://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/sarahs-story/
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