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This is a page for updates and pics as i attempt to build the infamous Winchester Mystery House of San Jose, California. The house is a massive and (perhaps intentionally) convoluted structure that certainly isn't Minecraft-friendly in the traditional sense, with a maze-like layout and probably the most complicated roof i've ever seen on a building. And i'm aiming to build all of it.
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About the house -
The Winchester Mystery House is a Queen Anne style mansion originally owned and constructed by the wealthy Sarah Winchester, heir to the Winchester firearms fortune. The house was continuously in construction for 38 years between 1884 and 1922 (Sarah's death), with the common story being that Mrs. Winchester was troubled by the spirits of people killed by her husband's rifles and was advised by a medium to never cease building her home in order to appease them (or confuse them, or to gain eternal life - accounts differ).
Mrs. Winchester filled the house with strange design choices, such as a maze-like floor structure, stairways that lead into the ceiling, doors that lead nowhere, storage cabinets with only 1 inch of storage space, and much more. Proponents of the aforementioned "spirit" story say Mrs. Winchester was either told by the ghosts to build this way, or did so to confuse them. Others say Mrs. Winchester was not a troubled spiritualist at all and instead just enjoyed toying with architecture, as the Mystery House was merely her pet project. Whatever the case, she produced a remarkable building full of quirks and secrets, as well as many luxuries and examples of high class taste - the Winchester Mystery House was surrounded by exotic plants, had its own electric generator when electricity was scarce, was equipped with an advanced call system allowing servants to find and talk to Mrs. Winchester with ease, and featured aesthetic interior design elements pulled from dozens of cultures.
Whether you consider Sarah Winchester a lunatic, an occultist, or a visionary, the house is a fascinating modern architectural marvel and more than worthy of its own dedicated build.
This is a page for updates and pics as i attempt to build the infamous Winchester Mystery House of San Jose, California. The house is a massive and (perhaps intentionally) convoluted structure that certainly isn't Minecraft-friendly in the traditional sense, with a maze-like layout and probably the most complicated roof i've ever seen on a building. And i'm aiming to build all of it.
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About the house -
The Winchester Mystery House is a Queen Anne style mansion originally owned and constructed by the wealthy Sarah Winchester, heir to the Winchester firearms fortune. The house was continuously in construction for 38 years between 1884 and 1922 (Sarah's death), with the common story being that Mrs. Winchester was troubled by the spirits of people killed by her husband's rifles and was advised by a medium to never cease building her home in order to appease them (or confuse them, or to gain eternal life - accounts differ).
Mrs. Winchester filled the house with strange design choices, such as a maze-like floor structure, stairways that lead into the ceiling, doors that lead nowhere, storage cabinets with only 1 inch of storage space, and much more. Proponents of the aforementioned "spirit" story say Mrs. Winchester was either told by the ghosts to build this way, or did so to confuse them. Others say Mrs. Winchester was not a troubled spiritualist at all and instead just enjoyed toying with architecture, as the Mystery House was merely her pet project. Whatever the case, she produced a remarkable building full of quirks and secrets, as well as many luxuries and examples of high class taste - the Winchester Mystery House was surrounded by exotic plants, had its own electric generator when electricity was scarce, was equipped with an advanced call system allowing servants to find and talk to Mrs. Winchester with ease, and featured aesthetic interior design elements pulled from dozens of cultures.
Whether you consider Sarah Winchester a lunatic, an occultist, or a visionary, the house is a fascinating modern architectural marvel and more than worthy of its own dedicated build.
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Update #1 : by Tragicalmysterywar 04/14/2020 1:45:44 pmApr 14th, 2020
Progress has continued on the exterior of the build, expanding beyond the facade and into the middle and back portion of the mansion's left hand side, where a garden/courtyard of sorts is littered with smaller side buildings, some of which connect back to the main building.
The complicated roof of the main building is underway and is around halfway done by now.
The complicated roof of the main building is underway and is around halfway done by now.
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I'm really hoping this is the build that pulls me up to Master Rank - Level 40, but that's neither here nor there.