Tooling for things to do in San Jose
California? Why not visit the city's largest
house? The Winchester House is fun to
Vis
i t unusual history and
The Winchester House was one
plot room farmhouse was built by
Oliver Winchester the inventor of the
Winchester rifle Oliver died in 186 H
widow, Sarah, folta sorrow. She went
to see a woman who claimed she could
speak with the dead. She told Sarah that
spirits of people killed by her husband's
rifles were angry. The spirits were a
danger to Sarah. There
was only one way for
Sarah to avoid danger
She must keep adding
Over the next 10 years, the
Winchester House Grow and changed
Carpenters word hunday
To koop thom buoy, sarah ofton ordered
them to build useless fastures Many
doors opened to blank walls Some
Staircases lenoviere
Building dido't open
the Winchester House
Sara's death in 1922
then, the house had become
mansion seven staries high
with 160 rooms
on to her house
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7)
%. What happened as a result of Sarah's visit
to the woman?
Sarah talked to her dead husband
Sarah began adding on to her house,
© Sarah ignored the woman's advice,
Winchester rifles were no longer made.
8. Why did Sarah add useless features
to her house?
to attract public attention
to trick the spirits of the dead
to make the house more mysterious
to please tourists
Construction on the Winchester House
stopped because
the carpenters had finished the job.
Sarah could no longer afford to keep
adding on
© the house had become a popular
tourist attraction
Sarah died
10 One reason the Winchester House
is a fun place to visit is that
it is haunted
it is unusually small
it has an unusual history
0 it is the largest house in California