But the inside is another story.
This was an enormous sum for that time, but the wealth was no consolation to her losses.
Crippled by grief, Sarah approached as the story goes a psychic medium for advice.
And thats exactly what Sarah did.
She left New Haven, Connecticut and settled in San Jose, where she bought a modest property.
Nobody knew what Sarah was trying to achieve.
It had gold and silver chandeliers, hand-inlaid parquet floors and trim, German silver and bronze inlaid doors.
Some stories say that carpenters stopped with nails hammered halfway when they learned about her death.
The house was originally advertised to contain 148 rooms.
The figure was later adjusted to 160.
Just this October, a new room was discovered, taking the current total to 161.
In 1974, the Winchester House was added to the US National Register of Historic Places.
