Built over a hundred years ago by Henry Pittock, the haunted Pittock Mansion has become an iconic landmark in Portland for it symbolised the transformation of the city from a pioneer town into a modern town and epitomized the great American entrepreneurial spirit.
During an electrical outage in 1911, chambermaid Elizabeth Wilson stepped into Stanley Hotel’s Presidential Suite (Room 217) with a lit candle when an unknown gas leak in the room caused a massive explosion.
As of 2021, the house is occupied by a buyer who bought the house in 2017. The house was last listed on the market in 2016 for $850,000 and was Realtor.com’s most popular house during the first week of its listing.
As of 2023, the Lalaurie Mansion is owned by energy trader Michael Whalen who bought the house in 2010 and moved in in 2013.
On September 5, 1922, Sarah Winchester died at the age of 82 from a congestive heart failure. Her sudden death was a shock for her family members and friends as she was not known to be suffering from any pre-existing heart conditions, or has any inherited heart diseases. Who Was Sarah Winchester? Sarah Winchester, born …
