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The Winchester Mystery House is a mansion in San Jose, California, that was once the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of firearms magnate William Wirt Winchester. The house became a tourist attraction nine months after Winchester's death in 1922.
Sarah 'Sallie' Lockwood Winchester (née Pardee; June 4, 1839 – September 5, 1922) was an American heiress who amassed great wealth after the death of her husband, William Wirt Winchester, and her mother in law, Jane Ellen Hope.
Winchester is bound to the west by the San Tomas Expressway and to the east by CA Highway 17. Its northern boundary is formed by the Junípero Serra Freeway (CA 280), while it borders the city of Campbell to its south, roughly just north of Hamilton Avenue.
Sarah Winchester House: 1884: Queen Anne: Sarah Winchester: San Jose: Winchester did not use an architect and added on to the building in a haphazard fashion. Much of the house was lost in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. [7] more images: Carson Mansion: 1886: Queen Anne: Samuel Newsom and Joseph Cather Newsom: Eureka
In 1947, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) devised the first nationwide telephone numbering plan and assigned the original North American area codes. The state of California was divided into three numbering plan areas (NPAs) with distinct area codes: 213, 415, and 916, for the southern, central, and northern parts of the state ...
Former San José Mayor Sam Liccardo is projected to win California’s 16th Congressional District against fellow Democrat Evan Low, according to Decision Desk HQ. Liccardo’s victory is notable ...
January 21, 1982 (233 W. Santa Clara St. San Jose: 17: Pedro de Lemos House: Pedro de Lemos House: January 10, 1980 (100–110 Waverley Oaks: Palo Alto: 18: Dohrmann Building
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