DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

City of Washington

• Washington. "The Octagon"; nearly octagonal house. 1799 New York Ave. N.W. Built in 1801 for Colonel John Tayloe III; designed by William Thornton; treaty ending War of 1812 was signed here; headquarters of the American Institute of Architects 1898-1949; now a museum. National Historic Landmark. As shown below, the house as almost lost.
  
  

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  The image on the left, above, is dated 1897. From the Daily Eagle, it states the house will be torn down. The image on the right, above, is dated May 13, 1927. From the Courier, it states the house will be saved, although used for other purposes.
  
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  Photograph. Perhaps taken in about 1945.
  
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  Links to many photographs.
  
  Sources: R. Kline. Smithsonian HABS project. Ellen Puerzer.
  Updated: July, 2003.
  Updated: August, 2009.
• Washington. Octagon house. Built in 1865 by, or for, former Ohio governor William Bebb. Now gone. Located at 1830 Phelps Place N.W., but was called Leroy Street at the time.
  
  

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  The photograph at left, above, is apparently from a stereoscope, and might well be 100 years old or more.
  
  Sources: R. Kline. Ellen Puerzer.
  Entered: September, 2002.
  Updated: May, 2009.
  Updated October, 2009
• Washington. Octagon house. Built in 1856. Razed in 1922. Located on Georgia Avenue.
  
  

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  Sources: R. Kline. Ellen Puerzer. Book: "Capital Losses: A Cultural History of Washington's Destroyed Buildings."
  Entered: September, 2002.
  Updated October, 2009
• Washington. Mills Foundry Octagonal building. Built in 1860. At Bladen Rd at 26th st. stood the only octagonal business building in DC and built at the height of the Fowler fad which is why it’s included here. Clark Mills was a sculptor and during the civil war, the statue of Freedom atop the Capitol dome was cast here. He also did Andrew Jackson’s bronze for DC’s Lafayette square. Razed circa 1900.
  
  

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  Source: Ellen Puerzer.
  Entered: October, 2009.
• Washington. Round house. Built in 1901, by John C. Louthan, a Washington builder, and desigened by Edward Woltz. Located at 1001 Irving Street Northeast. 33 feet in diameter.
  
  

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  Source: Ellen Puerzer. Washington DC Office of Planning. Photo by BossycolorBlogspot.
  Entered: December, 2009.