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This Victorian gentleman's residence (525 South Winchester Boulevard) with 160 rooms must be the strangest ever. When it was built in 1884 by Mrs Sarah Pardee Winchester, who inherited the Winchester rifle-making firm, it was a farmhouse with eight rooms. For some 38 years carpenters and other craftsmen worked day after day on this house which by the time Mrs Winchester died had been extended considerably but was still unfinished. Mrs Winchester, taken by the building craze, insisted on drawing up all the plans herself, although she was far from being a trained architect. Numerous curiosities were the result: staircases leading nowhere - one even ended at the ceiling - doors opening on to blank walls and windows which are nothing of the
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Hobbies & Activities category: Manor or country house; Armaments collection; Garden or botanic display; Architecture - Victorian
Winchester Mystery House
525 South Winchester Boulevard
San Jose, CA 95128-2588
United States
Phone 1 (408) 247-2102 / 2000
Fax 1 (408) 247-2090
525 South Winchester Boulevard
San Jose, CA 95128-2588
United States
Phone 1 (408) 247-2102 / 2000
Fax 1 (408) 247-2090
| January 1 to April 25 | ||||||||
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | |
| Closed | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | |
| April 26 to June 13 | ||||||||
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | |
| Closed | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 17:00 | |
| June 14 to September 2 | ||||||||
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | |
| Closed | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | |
| September 3 to October 18 | ||||||||
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | |
| Closed | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 19:00 | 19:00 | 17:00 | |
| October 19 to December 31 | ||||||||
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | |
| Closed | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | |
| Always closed on: | ||||||||
| Christmas - Christian (December 25) | ||||||||
Admission for Grand Estate tour. Children 9 and under not permitted for safety reasons on the guided Behind-The-Scenes-Tour.
Photography is permitted.
Photography is permitted.
Parking
Free
Disabled
Partial facilities for persons with disabilities.
Guides
Guided tour available as optional extra.
Facilities
Gift shop
Restaurant or food service
Restaurant or food service
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