Winchester House, 525 South Winchester Boulevard, San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA
Summary
Significance: This extraordinary structure is sui generis. Constructed over a period of 38 years because its owner, Winchester Rifle heiress Sarah L. Winchester believed she would live as long as construction continued, the house contains 160 rooms and covers six acres. The original portion purchased in 1884 contains 17 rooms. Some of the 40 stairways and 2,000 doors lead nowhere.
Survey number: HABS CA-2107
Building/structure dates: ca. 18h2 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: after 1900 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Windhester, Sarah L
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
Location
Edenvale (San Jose, Calif.), 37.31833, -121.95105
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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