NEBRASKA

Buffalo County.

• East northeast of Gibbon. Octagon house. Built by William Nutter in about 1890. Two story. At one time a porch surrounded the house. There appears to have been a structure on the roof where a cupola would typical be. Whether one could walk on the roof within what appears to be a guard or railing is unclear. As of year 2006 the house appears to be in substantial disrepair.
  
  Photograph.
  
  The two photographs below show the house probably not long after it was constructed.
  
  Photographic slide.
  
  Sepia photographic made from a slide.
  
  Sources: Dale Travis supplies a photograph.
  Jennifer Roberts, a decendant of William and Dinah Nutter, supplied both phtographs and historical information.
  Entered: October, 2003
  Updated: May, 2007

Douglas County

• Omaha. Octagon log house, built by Dr. Willard Richards in 1846. Current status unknown. Originally it was located in Winter Quarters, which is now part of Omaha, and located in the northeast section of town. Perhaps inspired by reading of Orson Fowler's book on phrenology. It is not clear exactly when Fowler began spreading the notion of the virtues of octagonal houses, but 1846 would be one of the earliest structures attributable to his movement.
  Source: Marie Irvine.
  Entered: December, 2001.

Otoe County

• Nebraska City. Octagon house. Now gone. Nothing else known.
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: September, 2002.
• Nebraska City. Octagon house. Nothing else known.
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: September, 2002.
• Otoe County. George F. Lee octagon house. Built in 1856 by George F. Lee, a farmer and carpenter. A frame structure, located near the Missouri River.
  Source: brief mention.
  Entered: June, 2001.
• Otoe County. Second George F. Lee octagon house. Built in 1872. In 1872 George F. Lee and his wife Betsy moved across the road from their wood frame octagon house and built a brick octagon house. Only the wood frame house still exists.
  
  Source: brief mention.
  
  Entered: June, 2001.