Sarah Pardee Winchester spent 38-years building her home or what we know now as San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House. It is 24,000 sq. feet and underwent nonstop construction from 1884 until her death in 1922.
2,000 doors, 10,000 windows, 47 fireplaces, 47 staircases, 52 skylights, 6 kitchens, 3 elevators, 2 basements and 13 bathrooms. The 13th bathroom has 13 windows and 13 stairs leading up to it. Mrs.