Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $15 Million (2024)
Sarah Winchester, a prominent figure in American history, is expected to have a net worth of $15 million by 2024. Born in New Haven, CT, in 1839, she gained widespread recognition for her remarkable project, the Winchester Mystery House, located in California. The immense wealth accumulated by Sarah Winchester has enabled her to embark on the extravagant construction of this iconic mansion, renowned for its intricate architecture and unconventional design. As an enduring symbol of mystery and meticulousness, the Winchester Mystery House has fascinated visitors from all over the world, attracting individuals curious about Sarah Winchester's enigmatic story and her exceptional net worth.
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About
Famous for ordering the construction of a unique California estate known as the Winchester Mystery House, she oversaw four decades of continuous additions to the mansion because she believed her family was cursed and took the word of a psychic medium that tragedy would ensue if the labyrinthine home was ever completed.
Before Fame
Upon her husband's death of tuberculosis in early 1881, she was given ownership of half of the Winchester Company, meaning that she lived on approximately one thousand dollars per day (which, in 2015, would equal close to 25,000 dollars a day).
Trivia
Although Winchester's biographer disputes the claim, legend holds it that, due to Winchester's obsession with the number thirteen, many architectural features of the Winchester Mystery House (such as bathrooms, windows, etc.) were constructed in numbers or clusters of thirteen.
Family Life
Born on an uncertain date in March of 1839 to Leonard Pardee and Sarah Burn, Sarah Lockwood Pardee Winchester spent her youth in Newhaven, Connecticut. In 1862, she married Winchester Repeating Arms Company heir william Wirt Winchester; tragically, the couple's one child, Annie Pardee Winchester, died in infancy.
Associated With
Like Winchester's father-in-law, Oliver Winchester, railway and shipping mogul Cornelius Vanderbilt amassed enough wealth through his Business pursuits to fund his descendants' construction of magnificent estates that later served as tourist attractions. Vanderbilt's son, George Washington Vanderbilt II, oversaw the construction of the famous Biltmore Estate in the late 1880s and early 1890s.