Weddings must be held between the hours of 10am–4pm. From 4pm – midnight a nighttime Halloween event will take place on the estate. Tickets and access to the Halloween event may be included in your wedding package. Please also note that no seasonal décor may be removed for a wedding. Pricing & availability subject to change.Seven stories tall, with stained-glass windows, a garden, a greenhouse, and shrouded in trees, the Winchester House is as beautiful as it is mysterious. When new owners acquired the property in 1923, they counted, but couldn’t get an accurate number of rooms in the house, as they kept getting a different number every time. Photo: LiPo Ching / Bay Area News Group Winchester Mansion aka Winchester Mystery House I love a good ghost story, and the story surrounding the Winchester Mystery House is one full of love, tragedy, and horror. We’ve heard the stories of the mystery house with a life of its own, a house with the paranormal ability to seemingly build upon itself, twisting and turning in every direction to confuse and consume its lost inhabitants. But where is the Winchester House?Īt 525 South Winchester Blvd. in San Jose, California lies Sarah Winchester house, nestled in the trees, tucked away from the road, attempting to be discreet as a ghost. Not only is the Winchester mansion floor plan twisted and horrific, but the grounds are as dark and eery as the home itself. With the Winchester mystery house secret rooms, the house brings in super thrill-seekers every Halloween and Friday the 13th. The home, which has a reported 161 rooms – 40 of which are bedrooms – was purchased by a mysterious, unnamed family in 1922 for a measly $150,000–although, that may have been a bunch of money then. Photo: Royal Institute of British Architects Winchester Mystery House Tickets The Winchester Mansion floor plan is such that I don’t think I would wander in without a rope tied to my waist and to the entrance, but the fact that there are so many different tour options stokes me out so much! I’m definitely scooping up my bravest friends and having a Winchester Mystery House San Jose Road Trip! We don’t know who they are but they’ve allowed folks to tour the Sarah Winchester House for years. There are several tours available to see the Winchester House. A Mansion Tour, Explore More Tour, and Garden Tour are available, depending on your level of depravity. It should be noted that children over nine years old are not allowed at the Explore More Tour. There are also Flashlight Tours around Halloween and every Friday the 13th. The previously offered video tour is also still available to rent for $5.99 or to purchase for $13.99 online at /video-tour/.The home was opened to the public after the troubled Sarah Winchester passed away and the home switched hands in 1923. Guests interested in supporting the Winchester Mystery House during this unprecedented closure can visit /support-the-estate/ to purchase the Immersive 360 Tour, “good any day vouchers,” and exclusive Winchester Mystery House merchandise. Now, after 97 years of guiding guests safely through its confusing halls without a map, the Estate’s caretakers are thrilled to present this digital floor plan to the public. Sarah Winchester’s 38-year renovation project became the most infamous historic home in the country, but upon her death, no blueprints or floor plans were ever found. The new tour also offers fans and the Winchester Mystery House staff the first-ever digital floor plan of the historic mansion. We are asking the community to help us maintain this important historical landmark until we can once again welcome guests in person.” The 24,000-square-foot home’s iconic design features-such as the stairs to the ceiling, secret passageways, and doors to nowhere-were all captured by Los Angeles-based Matterport 3D Tours over the course of just one weekend using their Matterport 360 cameras. “Today, we are striving to follow in her footsteps by offering an innovative way for guests to explore the mansion unlike ever before. She was a woman of independence, drive, and courage, and the mansion she built is world-renowned for its many design curiositiesĪnd innovations,” said Walter Magnuson, Winchester Mystery House General Manager. “Sarah Winchester was ahead of her time in many ways. Guests who purchase this tour during the Estate’s closure will receive one complimentary pass for a future tour when it reopens. The Immersive 360 Tour is available now for $8.99 HERE. This virtual experience allows guests to independently roam each level of the mansion, from the basement to the rarely seen fourth floor, while exploring many rooms previously inaccessible on standard Estate tours. SAN JOSE, CA (April 22, 2020)-For the first time ever, the Winchester Mystery House is offering guests unprecedented access to the world’s most bizarre mansion with an all-new tour -The Winchester Mystery House Immersive 360 Tour.
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