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 ...

The Armour-Stiner Octagon House in Irvington, New York, is a whimsical example of a 19th-century, eight-sided mansion.

LOS ANGELES – Unveiling the new veranda on Pasadena’s famous 1893 Longfellow-Hastings Octagon Home that was removed around 1917 will be the centerpiece of Heritage Square museum’s 40th birthday bash ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I think old houses, and the people who love them, are fascinating. Designers, architects, inventers and imaginative homeowners are ...

The Palmer-Lewis-Octagon Home will become West Salem’s next historical jewel, and the celebrated house is awaiting a move to a new location. The Palmer-Lewis-Octagon Home, which dates back to 1856 and ...

Children call it the “wedding cake house.” Richmond’s octagon house is more than a landmark in an old mill village.

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, ...

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Octagon houses were briefly popular in the 1850s in the U.S. and Canada, and there is a prime example in Columbiaville. Located at 1250 State Route 9, the house's unusual shape, and others like it, ...

In San Francisco, a rare octagon house—a throwback to an architectural fad that once swept the nation—is slated to come on the market for $8.6 million. In the 1850s, the time the property was ...