When Orson Squire Fowler wrote his book, “Home for All, or A New, Cheap, Convenient, and Superior Mode of Building” in 1848, he argued that octagon-shaped houses were not only healthier, but also ...

Motorists traveling on Green Street can’t help noticing an unusual-looking house, unlike anything else in the city. Many know it as “The Octagon House” because of its distinctive eight-sided design, ...

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Claudia Waddell Harris, a mystery writer in the early 20 th Century, used the abandoned basement of Barbour County's Octagon House for the setting of one of her most successful short stories "The ...

This is the 150th anniversary of one of San Francisco's eight-sided wonders: the Octagon House at Gough and Union streets in Cow Hollow. The house, which is open to the public three days a month ...

The craze for octagonal living was a relatively brief one, but in the mid 19th century eight-sided houses popped up in small towns across the country. This Oneida county example is a fetching one, ...

Explore the colorful exterior and meticulously decorated interiors of the Armour-Stiner Octagon House, a unique 1870s home that is still a private residence See the home decked out in Victorian ...

An architectural curiosity with charming original details and modern updates, this dwelling was part of a brief fad for octagonal living in the 19th century. Eight-sided houses popped up in small ...

If you ever find yourself asking for directions in the village of Carolina in Richmond, a local will likely tell you to look for the white octagon house on Main Street and start your journey there.