Collinwood Mansion
Collinwood Mansion is a fictional house featured in the Gothic horror soap opera Dark Shadows (June 1966– April 1971),[1] built in 1795 by Joshua Collins.
It features numerous secret passageways, including one leading to a parallel timeline, a time-traveling stairway, and a room perceived as a playroom by some and a linen closet by others.
Collinwood is notorious for causing unrest and frustration among both the residents and visitors, likely due to its ominous atmosphere and mysterious past.
Despite its unsettling reputation, the allure of the grand estate continues to draw intrigue and curiosity from those brave enough to explore its halls.
The paneling on the back wall contained the entrance to a secret passage that led to Quentin Collins' west wing study.
The basement had one locked room that was supposedly used as a makeshift grave for Paul Stoddard’s, Elizabeths husband, making it chiefly noteworthy.
This is the scene for one of the series' first supernatural occurrences when David pulls a mean prank by locking Victoria in, trapping her there all night.
Judith Collins, Quentin's elder sister, had the entrance sealed up with her murderous husband, the Reverend Trask within.
In that other Collinwood, the room was the private quarters of Angelique, who was the first wife of Quentin (the lord of the manor in this reality) and mother of Daniel (David).
Although the Collinwood mansion was built in 1795, the Collins family has lived on the estate grounds since colonial times in other dwellings.
A large, framed portrait of Josette Collins (née du Pres) hung in the parlor and in modern times, her spirit would emerge from it and dance around the porch.
He kept his coffin in the basement, which also included a dungeon room that he used to imprison Maggie Evans (but turned out to have a secret escape passage to a cavern on the seashore).
Julia installed a generator and conducted scientific experiments there — including her attempted cure for Vampirism , and the creation of Eve.
Seaview is depicted as an unused property on the estate, featuring a large empty parlor and a small hallway to the front door.
It is described as a three-story wooden shingled beach house in the Dutch Colonial style, featuring a tall gambrel roof covering most of the second and third floors.
The house is situated on a steep sandy hill, overlooking the beach, with balconies on the second and third levels, and a large porch on the ground floor.
In the series, characters mention Blair House as being taken by Cassandra's brother and later leased by Nicholas, both members of the Collins family.
The name of this striking cliff overlooking the ocean comes from the fact that widows of sailors lost at sea would congregate there to mourn their departed husbands.
Josette famously leaped to her death there, and Jeb Hawkes also died from a fall there (as did, supposedly, Victoria Winters, after being driven mad by the Leviathans, but this was related second-hand and not actually shown on-screen).
The 1966–1971 series Dark Shadows used the exteriors of Seaview Terrace in Newport, Rhode Island, later known as Carey Mansion, as Collinwood.
Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, California was used as Collinwood in the 1991 revival series and The WB's 2004 pilot.
