Sarah Winchester, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSarah Winchester
American occultist
Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1839
Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Date of Death: 05-Sep-1922
Profession: architect
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Sarah Winchester
- Sarah Lockwood Winchester (née Pardee; 1839 – September 5, 1922) was an American heiress who amassed great wealth after the death of her husband, William Wirt Winchester.
- Her inheritance from his estate included $20 million (equivalent to $519,241,379 in 2018) as well as a 50% holding in the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, which made her one of the wealthiest women in the world at the time.
- She is best known for using her vast fortune to continue construction on the Winchester mansion in San Jose, California, for 20 years.
- Popular legends, which began during her lifetime, held that she was convinced she was cursed, and the only way to alleviate it was to add on to her California home.
- Since her death, the sprawling Winchester Mystery House has become a popular tourist attraction, known for its staircases that lead to nowhere and its many winding corridors.
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