Historic mansions of Northern California worth seeing !

Pat Patterson with the Best of California Award with our answers to the trivia questions. Mansion mania in Northern California. Number one, the Carson Mansion in Eureka built for lumber baron William Carson back in 1884. It's been a private club since 1950. Some of you may recognize it mainly because you've seen it as the inspiration for the clock tower at the Main Street train station at Disneyland. That's number one. Number two is the Leland Stanford Mansion in Sacramento. This was used as the governor's mansion. Leland Stanford was governor, senator, and of course a railroad baron and the manufacturer that started Stanford University. It's now a state historic park. So that's number two, the Leland Stanford Mansion. Number three, I think a lot of you recognize the Winchester Mystery House built for the Winchester widow heiress Sarah Winchester. It started in 1886, kept building it until her death in 1922. She thought it was what was keeping her alive. Great feature film made in 2018 with Helen Mirren. Number three, the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose. Next. Number four is the Octagon House in San Francisco. A lot of you didn't get this one. There are a few octagon houses around the world. It was popular in the 1850s. It was promoted by a phrenologist. Figures out bumps on your skull. Orson Squire Fowler is a more efficient way to build a house. Less energy conservation, stay cooler. Turns out an octagon is as close as you can get to a circle and we all know circles are perfect. Octagon House San Francisco ahead of its time. Number five is our second governor's mansion. This is the current one in Sacramento close to the state capitol. It was bought in 1903 by the state. Governor lived in it from 1903 to 1967 when the Reagans didn't want to live in it. All the subsequent governors chose not to live in it. And then Jerry Brown, who grew up in that mansion with his dad, Pat Brown, moved back in with his wife when he was governor in 2015. It's now a state historic park and museum. Number five, the governor's mansion in Sacramento. And finally, mansion number six, Fololi in Woodside. This was built by William Warren II, who was a gold magnate and owned the water supply for San Francisco. How's that for a job? And probably best known for its appearance and place is the Carrington Mansion in Dynasty back in the 1980s. If any of you can remember that soap opera, I happened to work on that show, so it's near and dear to my heart. I want to give a shout out to Thomas Bonte who got all of them right off the bat. Way to go, Thomas. Watch for more trivia coming from the Best of California. Like us on Facebook. Talk to you soon.