Английская Википедия:Chambers Mansion
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox historic site The Chambers Mansion is a historic house that was built in 1887, and is located at 2220 Sacramento Street in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California.[1] In 2010, CBS News declared the Chambers Mansion one of the "scariest haunted houses" in the United States, based on stories of its dark history.[2]
The house is listed as one of the San Francisco Designated Landmark, since October 5, 1980.[1]
History
The architect for the house was Julius Case Mathews and the firm J. C. Mathews & Son.[3] The architectural style is Queen Anne Victorian with Gothic and Tuscan details.[4]
The Chambers Mansion was built in 1877 for R. C. Chambers (Robert Craig, sometimes incorrectly identified as Richard Craig; 1832–1901); and for his wife Eudora T. (née Tolles; 1848–1897).[5][6][7] Chambers was an Utah mining tycoon, banker, and politician.[8] Eudora Tolles Chambers died in 1897 at the age 48/49, following suicide attempts.[9][5] After Chamber's death in 1901 and with no direct heirs, his house in San Francisco was inherited.[6] There are conflicting stories about who inherited the house; some stories say his younger sister Ada Chambers; and other stories say it was either his two nieces (or Eudora's two nieces Lillian and Harriet).[6]
In 1917, an addition was added to the house by architect Houghton Sawyer.[4][3][10]
In 1977, Bob Pritikin opened the "Mansion Hotel", a bed and breakfast at the Chambers Mansion.[11] The decor as a hotel was eclectic and featured nightly magic shows.[5] In 2000, he sold the hotel, by then it was designated a city landmark, and was converted into two private townhouses.[5]
Haunting and folklore
The Chambers Mansion has been the subject of many stories.[6] The most popular (but untrue) story is Chamber's niece Claudia Chambers lived with her sister in the inherited house, and the sisters did not get along. In 1917, they built a second house on the property so they could live separately.[6] Claudia was murdered, she was sawed in half in what the family claimed as a farming accident.[6] The ghost of Claudia has been seen haunting the house. However nobody named "Claudia Chambers" ever lived in the house, per city records.[6]
See also
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