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Anne Arundel County.
- Annapolis. Octagon lighthouse building. Thomas Point Shoal Light.
Built in 1875.
Photograph and history.
Source: Ron Livingston
Entered: March, 2002
- Annapolis. Hexagon lighthouse building. Greenbury Point Shoal Light.
Built in 1891.
Photograph and history.
Source: Ron Livingston
Entered: March, 2002
Baltimore City
- Baltimore. Octagon house. Located at 1808 Sulgrave Avenue.
Probably built in the 1850s, but no documentation is available at present.
Source: "More About Octagons," Carl Schmidt.Steve Walker, who grew up in the house.
Entered: October, 2002
Updated: October, 2008
- Baltimore. Octagon house. Located on Smith Avenue.
Near Mt. St. Agnes College. Nothing else known.
Source: Steve Walker.
Entered: October, 2008
- Baltimore. Octagon house. A second house located on Smith Avenue.
Near Mt. St. Agnes College. Nothing else known.
Source: Steve Walker.
Entered: October, 2008
- Baltimore. Octagon lighthouse building. Sevenfoot Knoll.
Built in 1855. Moved from original location to the Baltimore Harbor.
Single story. Cupola containing the light. Screwpile construction.
Photograph and history.
Source: Ron Livingston
Entered: March, 2002
- Glyndon. Octagon house. Built in the 1850s.
Located on Piney Grove Road. Two and one-half story. Restored in 1946.
Source: "More About Octagons," Carl Schmidt.
Entered: October, 2002
- Lutherville. Octagon house. Built in 1856 by Rev. William
Heilig, and extensively modified in 1875. Located at 1708 Kurtz Avenue.
At some point the house was restored to what is thought to be original
condition.
Photograph, probably taken in
the 1950s.
Photograph, said to be the
same house. Undated, it looks vastly different, and might well be
another house altogether.
Front view. Undated photograph.
Sources: N. Stickles, "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt, R. Kline.
Entered: May, 2002
Updated: February, 2005
Calvert County.
Cecil County.
- Conowingo. Octagon house. Built in the 1850s. Located near
the Conowingo dam.
Source: "More About Octagons," Carl Schmidt.
Entered: October, 2002
Harford County.
- Just outside of Bel Air. Octagon house. Built in the late
1840s or early 1850s, for a Mrs. Joseph Jewett, by William Hensel.
On Route 1, going north. Two story, with a "widows walk" on the top.
Purchased by George L. Scott in 1874, and has been in the Scott family
for at least five generations.
"Beautifully maintained."
Source: N. Stickles
Entered: May, 2002
- Darlington. Wildfell octagon house. Built in mid 1800s.
Source: Rebecca Pickard.
Entered: June, 2001.
- Darlington. Hexagon schoolhouse. Built in mid 1800s.
Located outside of town.
Photograph, probably taken in the 1950s.
Source: Rebecca Pickard.
Entered: June, 2001.
Newport News County.
- Newport News. Hexagon lighthouse building. White Shoal Light
Station. Built in 1871. Screwpile construction.
Photograph and history.
Photograph.
Source: Ron Livingston
Entered: March, 2002
Prince Georges County.
- Hyattsville. Octagon schoolhouse. Built in the 1850s.
Source: "More About Octagons," Carl Schmidt.
Entered: October, 2002
Queen Anne's County.
- Kent Island. Hexagon lighthouse building. Love Point Light.
Light. Built in 1872. Single story. Wood, screwpile construction. Cupola
holds light.
Photograph and history.
Source: Ron Livingston
Entered: March, 2002
Talbot County.
- Near St. Michaels. Octagon lighthouse building. Hooper Straight
Light. Built in 1879. Single story. Wood, screwpile construction. Cupola
holds light. Now a museum, open to the public.
Photograph.
Photograph.
Sources: Ron Livingston and R. Kline
Entered: March, 2002
Updated: April, 2005
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