CONNECTICUT

Fairfield County

• Bridgeport. Octagon house. Built in 1856 by clothier Nathan Gould. Corner of Barnum Avenue and 225 Harriet Street. Grout walls; two stories with cupola. Tradition has it that the home was built for P.T. Barnum of circus fame.
  Sources: The Octagon Fad, p. 15 and David W. Palmquist.
  Entered: June, 2001.
• Danbury. Octagon house. Built in 1853 by John T. Earle, and remained in the Earle family until 1918. Located at 21 Spring Street. As of the 1960s it still had the original three story porch. The concrete walls are about 12 inches thick.
  
  Photograph
  
  Photograph
  
  Source: R. Kline
  Updated October, 2002.
  Updated February, 2005.
  Updated July, 2007.
• Danbury. Octagon house. Built about 1855. 15 Spring Street. Two stories. In a declining part of the city, it now appears to be a rental property, and badly in need of repair.
  Source: The Octagon Fad, p 15, and Laura Clementsen.
  Updated January, 2002.
• Greenwich. Octagon house. The Gensey-Mead house. Built in the 1850s. Now gone.
  Source: R. Kline
  Updated October, 2002.
• Greenwich. Octagon house. The Wellstone-Hansen house. Built in the 1860s. Now gone.
  Source: R. Kline
  Updated October, 2002.
• Greenwich. Octagon house. Built before 1902. On Milbank Avenue.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: June, 2001.
• Stamford. Octagon house. 120 Strawberry Hill Avenue. Nothing else known.
• Westport. "Bradley-Wheeler Barn," Octagon barn. On grounds of Wheeler House, 25 Avery Place. Cobblestone. Owned by Westport Historical Society.
  Source: L. Kestenbaum.

Hartford County

• East Hartford. Octagon house. Built 1858 for the Curtis family. Located at 159 Naubuc Avenue. Owned by the Hollister family since 1867, as of 1997 it was owned by Allen Hollister. The house currently has vinyl siding, but likely had clapboard siding originally.
  Source: Laura Clementsen.
  Entered: January, 2002.

Litchfield County

• New Milford. Round building. Built in or before 1906. Located on Ashpetuck Avenue. A segment of an 1906 map of New Milford shows the building at the center of the image.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: July, 2002.
• Town of Washington. Octagon house. Built about 1850. It was moved once, and is now located at 216 Nettleon Hollow Road. Recently advertised for sale.
  Source: Klemm Real Estate web page, and Laura Clementsen.
  Entered: June, 2001, updated, January, 2002.
• Town of Washington. Octagon house. Built in 1866. Clapboard construction. Part of a large farm. Located on Judea Cemetery Road. The name on an adjacent barn is Holliecroft. Whether this is the person that built the house, or had it built, is not clear. Both units in Washington were built by the same person.
  Source: Laura Clementsen.
  Entered: January, 2002.

Middlesex County

• Cromwell. Octagon house. Located at Saint Peter's Hall, at the Holy Apolstles College and Seminary, 33 Prospect Road. Apparently the original structure has been highly modified, and it's difficult to see without closer inspection that it is basically an octagon house.
  Source: Laura Clementsen.
  Entered: January, 2002.
• East Hampton. Octagon house. The Deming Sexon House. Built in 1862. Located at 6 Middletown Avenue ( Route 16 ). Stucco. Floor area 1,500 square feet. Porch on four sides of the first floor, and above the entrance on the second floor. The basement is mostly exposed, and has windows, so the house effectively has three stories.
  
  Left side view.
  
  Front left view.
  
  Right side view.
  
  Another left side view.
  
  Sources: Michele Mazzotta, the current owner, William Gould and Laura Clementsen. Michele Mozzatta provided the photographs.
  Entered: January, 2002.
  Updated: June, 2002.
• East Hampton. Octagon house. Built in 1855 for Henry S. Smith, son of the local town clerk, Nathaniel C. Smith. Located on Bevin Boulevard, a dead end street. The house has 15-inch concrete walls. The house has been in the Clark family since around 1900, and is currently (as of 1997) owned by Newton and Helen Clark.
  Source: Laura Clementsen.
  Entered: January, 2002.
• Portland. octagon house, One of two built by Simeon H. Calhoun after the Civil War. Nothing else known.
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Portland. octagon house, Second of two built by Simeon H. Calhoun after the Civil War. Nothing else known.
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Portland. Two octagonal houses, side by side, at 26 and 28 Marlboro Street, near the intersection of Route 66. The Williams and Stancliff octagon houses. Both appear to be made of concrete. One has an outside stairway, suggesting the unit is a rental property, and the other is a professional building, housing "All Ears." Both are on the National Register of Historic Places.
  Sources: J. Bryan Blundell, William Gould, Laura Clementsen.
  Entered: June, 2001, and updated January, 2002.
• Old Saybrook. The Ingham octagon house. Located on 56 Main Street (Route 1). Built in 1890, using a Sears Roebuck kit according to the Chamber of Commerce. Notice the roof line. The structure is not a symmetric octagon - instead, four sides are much shorter than the other four. Extensively remodeled and made into a dentist's office. Now owned by Dr. David SLiva.
  Right front of home. . The entrance is now at the right in the picture.
  Left front of home..
  Source: Information and photographs supplied by Laura Clementsen.
  Entered: January, 2002.

New Haven County

• Ansonia. Perhaps a round church. Built in or before 1921. Located on North Clift and North State Streets. Multiple story. Onion shaped cupola. There is a larger and smaller round building on the same site. A segment of an 1921 map of Ansonia shows the building at the center of the image.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: July, 2002.
• Guilford. The Leete-Griswold house. Built in 1856. Two story. Cupola. Wood construction. Located at 21 Petticoat Lane. ( The address was 84 Fair Street before a street name change at some point. ) There is no Petticoat Lane listed in Guilford today. There is also an octagon garage, with window placements that mimic the house.
  
  Drawing.
  
  Source: HABS CT-234, Laura Clementsen, Beth Vanderstar.
  Entered: March, 2004.
  Updated: June, 2006.
• Meriden. Octagon house. Built in or before 1918. ( Some suggest 1898. ) Located at the intersection of Broad and Curtis Streets. Two stories. Dormers on four corners of the attic/third floor. There is a significant addition to the house on one side. A segment of an 1918 map of Meriden shows the building at the center of the image.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: July, 2002.
• Meriden. Octagon building. Built in or before 1918. Located off Cooper Street. Two stories. A segment of an 1918 map of Meriden shows the building at the center of the image.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: July, 2002.
• Meriden. 12-sided building. Built in or before 1918. Located in Hanover Park. Two stories. A segment of an 1918 map of Meriden shows the building at the left side of the image.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: July, 2002.
• New Haven. "Charnley House". Octagon house (gone). Was located on northwest corner of Temple and Grove. Brick, two story house. Built in early 1850s; later used as St. Mary's Church rectory; now the site of Yale University's Vernon Hall. Source: The Octagon Fad, p. 17.
• New Haven. Octagon house. Built in 1877, and located at 86 Hallock Street, in New Haven's Hill district. A Connecticut preservation made funds available to rehabilitate the house. The home's previous owner had defaulted on a loan, and the house sat empty for years, but was refurbished by Pedro Ramos of Oriente Construction.
  Source: Laura Clementsen.
  Entered: June, 2002.
• Wallingford. Octagon house. Built in 1859. Concrete construction. Located at 37 New Place Street, in the borough of Yalesville. The house appears to be basically in good condition, although the wood parts clearly needed work when the photographs were taken.
  
  A 2002 photograph of the front of home
  
  A 2002 photograph of the back of home.
  
  An April, 2006, photograph of the front of the home.
  
  Sources: Wendy Mackie, Laura Clementsen. Ben Turover provides the 2006 photograph.
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated January, 2002.
  Updated May, 2007.
• Wallingford. Octagon house. Built in 1857. Concrete construction. Located at about 31 New Place Street, in the borough of Yalesville.
  Sources: Wendy Mackie, Laura Clementsen.
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated January, 2002.

New London County

• Mystic. Octagon house. Built about 1850. Located at 8 West Mystic Avenue. Recently owed by Cathy Cook. Currently contains an in-law apartment, and nine other rooms. Concrete construction. Cupola. A segment of an 1879 map of Mystic shows the house just to the left of Mystic Avenue, near the top of the image.
  
  Front view.
  
  Source: Robert Borchert. Bill Sweeney provided the photograph.
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: March, 2004.
• Mystic. Octagon houses. Apparently two other houses existed in Mystic. Both were built in the 1850s. Both are gone.
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: September, 2002.

Tolland County

• Rockville. Hexagon house. Built in or before 1877. Located near Allcott Park. Two story. Cupola. A segment of an 1877 map of Rockville shows the house at the center of the image.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: July, 2002.
• Rockville. Pair of octagon buildings. Built in or before 1877. Located on Maple Street. Cupola. Function unclear. A segment of an 1877 map of Rockville shows the buildings at the center of the image. The factory across Maple Street is the Hockanum Mills, "Fancy Cassimeres." The octagon buildings might be part of the factory.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: July, 2002.