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Boulder County
- Boulder. Oxtagon house. Built 1907. Nothing else known.
Source: R. Kline
Entered: August, 2007.
Jefferson County
- Golden. Octagon house. Built in or before 1882.
Located near Cheyenne Street. Arapahoe Street is in the area.
A chimney or cupola appears on the top. Needs confirmation.
A segment of an 1882
map
of Golden shows the building at the center of the image.
Source: R. Kline
Entered: July, 2002.
Larimer County
- Loveland. Hexagon house. Built between 1888 and 1900 by
William McCreery
Source: J. Hand.
Entered: June, 2001.
Park County
- Como. Octagon house. Construction date unknown.
Photograph.
Source: R. Kline
Entered: August, 2007
Yuma County
- Laird. Octagon house. Built 1880 by Burton Durward Prentice (with
wife, Idellah Knight). Located south of Highway 34, at the corner of Elkmont
Street and Campbell Avenue.
Built on the theory an octagon house would be able to withstand tornadoes better
than a rectangular house, he was in fact substantially correct it seems today.
Two story. Porch around entire house. Widow's walk. Constructed of stone.
Photograph.
Best estimates are that the photograph above was taken between 1880, when the
house was built, and 1892, when a second photograph shows the vegetation has
started to become more prominant.
Family photograph.
The photograph above of a family gathering at the house was probably taken in early
spring, 1924. Number 31 is the home's builder, Burton Durward Prentice.
Source: R. Kline. Durwood B. Darbin, Gail Littlejohn, whose great grandfather built the house.
Entered: August, 2007
Updated: June, 2008
Weld County
- Greeley. Octagon house. Currently a bed and breakfast.
Source: Nancy Palmquist.
Entered: October, 1997.
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