Architectural trends come and go. Sheboygan Falls is blessed with more than two dozen outstanding examples of Greek Revival-style buildings common here from the 1830s to the 1860s. Plymouth has a ...
In 1848, phrenologist and lecturer Orson Squire Fowler authored the book “The Octagon House: A Home for All,” which shared his views about the benefits derived from residing in an eight-sided house ...
The Armour-Stiner Octagon House is a fairytale mansion just 18 miles north of Manhattan. Frozen in time to the early 1870s, it was designed as a summer and weekend escape from New York. The residence, ...
In the mid-1800s, the "octagon house" enjoyed a short-lived popularity in residential architecture. Designed to be economical, practical and aesthetic, the eight-sided, two-story dwelling was designed ...
The Octagon House in Fond du Lac was built in 1856 and is one of the few remaining examples of its kind in Wisconsin. Secret tunnels and rooms fueled rumors of a connection to the Underground Railroad ...
SHIRLEY — In 1879, Jane Ross Reeves saw architectural plans for the octagonally-shaped home in a magazine. The ad promised that octagonal houses were healthier to live in due to better air flow, ...
Walking around a house built in 1856, you would expect to hear the floors creak or feel a loose board bend under the weight of your body. But the Octagon House in Cedar Point, N.C., named by locals ...
One of Alabama’s most unusual homes has been preserved in downtown Clayton. The Petty-Roberts-Beatty House is known for its unique architecture, its building materials and its residents. In fact, one ...
CLYDE — When he was growing up in rural Clyde, Bill Frankart often mowed the lawn for his neighbors, Eldon and Kathryn Powell, who lived in one of the most unique homes in Ohio, an 1850s octagon house ...
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