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Barbour County
- Clayton. Octagon house. Built 1859-1861.
Located at 103 North Midway Street. View by appointment only.
Said to be the only surviving antebellum octagonal house in the State
of Alabama.
Photograph.
Source: R. Kline
Entered: June, 2001.
Calhoun County
- Anniston. Octagon house. Built in or before 1887.
Located on the corner of Christine Avenue and 11 Street.
A segment of an 1887
map
of Annison shows the house at the center of the image.
Source: R. Kline
Entered: July, 2002.
Jefferson County
- Birmingham. Conical structures. Built in 1941. Now gone.
A motel complex.
Wigwam Village #5 is shown. According to
web sources
the complex was built in 1941 on Bessemer Highway, in Birmingham.
Postcard.
Source: Jerry Freeze
Entered: December, 2003.
Limestone County
- Athens. Octagon house. Built 1859. Now gone.
Source: R. Kline
Entered: September, 2002.
Macon County
- Tuskeegee. Octagon office building. Built the 1840s.
Located behind the Judge Hurt house. Single story.
Source: R. Kline
Entered: October, 2002.
Madison County
- Huntsville. Partial octagon house. Built ca 1885 for John
Van Valkenberg. Located at 205 Lowe Avenue, Huntsville, AL, 35801.
The house was originally on the west side of Franklin Street, located
between Williams and Gates Avenues. It was moved to its present location
in about 1974. This is noted on the 1971 photograph below.
In 2006 the house is in the process of a significant rennovation.
A contemporary photograh.
The house as it appeared in 1971
The house as it appeared in 1990
Another contemporary photograh.
Source: Todd Sims, the current owner.
Entered: August, 2006.
- Huntsville. Octagon (possibly hexagon) house. Built 1860. Now gone.
Source: R. Kline
Entered: September, 2002.
Mobile County
- Mobile. Hexagon lighthouse building. Mobile Middle Bay Lighthouse.
Built in 1885. Activated in 1885, deactivated in 1967. One and a half stories.
1885 photograph
and a
contemporary photograph.
Source: Ron Livingston.
Entered: February, 2002.
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