Other curiosities include windows overlooking other rooms, cabinets, and doors that open into walls, small rooms built within big rooms, balconies and windows on the inside rather than out, chimneys that stop short of the ceiling, and floors with skylights.Īdditionally, Sarah was intrigued by the number “13”. Lacking no specific plan, other than those she received from the spirits, the beautiful but bizarre 161 room mansion includes stairs and doors that lead to nowhere more bedrooms, kitchens, and fireplaces than anyone could use in a lifetime hidden trap doors, spy holes, secret passageways, and upside-down columns. The cost of this eccentric undertaking has been estimated at about $5.5 million. Construction continued without interruption, from 1884 until her death in September 1922. She did not use an architect and added on to the building in a haphazard fashion. She hired builders, carpenters, and laborers who worked on the house day and night until it became a seven-story mansion. She then began her continuous construction. She then left her home in New Haven, Connecticut, moved out west and settled in what is now San Jose, California, where she purchased an unfinished eight-room farmhouse from a Dr.
Her inheritance would easily enable her to buy property and fund ongoing construction. This made her one of the wealthiest women in the world at that time. This gave her an income of roughly $1,000 per day, the equivalent of about $23,000 a day in 2017. She was also told that the home was to be situated in the west where the sun sets.Īfter her husband’s death, Sarah Winchester inherited more than $20.5 million (equivalent to $496,344,828 in 2016) as well as nearly 50% ownership of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
The psychic went on to tell her that the spirits of those killed were seeking vengeance and that in order to save her own life, Sarah was to build a home for herself and the spirits - a home that would never be finished. She was told that there was a curse upon the Winchester family because the guns they made had taken so many lives. Earn extra points at the end of the game from Spirit bonuses and the upper and lower floor layout goals.Deeply saddened by the deaths of her daughter Annie in 1866 and her husband in 1881, Sarah consulted a psychic. The game ends when a player has completed 5 goals, then the player with the most points wins. If your design matches a scoring goal, you add the listed points on your sheet. Once per turn, players roll two dice in the center of the table and all players use the roll to either draw a new room into their house or draw features in rooms they’ve already drawn.Įvery game of Floor Plan: The Winchester Mystery House uses 3 of the 15 scoring cards - all based on real design and architectural elements of the house. In Floor Plan Winchester Mystery House, you will be challenged to build on 2 different stories and fulfill 6 different building requirements per game in this Roll-N-Write for 1-6 players!įloor Plan: The Winchester Mystery House is based on the hit game Floor Plan from Deep Water Games and is an officially licensed product. It is said that Sarah Winchester perpetually added to the house to confuse the ghosts, and now 100 years later, you can continue her legacy. Truly, the Winchester Mystery House is a marvel of Victorian architecture, and now you too can contribute to Sarah’s evolving Floor Plan!
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