NEW YORK

Allegany County

• Alfred. Octagon house. Age unclear, but appears to be from the 1850s or 1860s. 57 South Main Street. Two story, cupola, porch extends around at least three sides. Appears to be wood construction.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Photograph. Date taken unknown.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Sources: Julia Dyke, Dale Travis.
  Entered: May, 2002.
  Updated: August, 2005.
  Updated: December, 2006.
• Little Genesee. Octagon house. Located on Salt Rising Road. One and a half story.
  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the 1950s.
  
  Sources: R. Kline; "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: September, 2002.
• Village of Friendship. Octagon house. The Erastmus Hyde House, built about 1870. Originally located on Elm Street. First level is restored. The house has been moved, and now sits on Orchard Street, in Mumford, NY, on the site of the Genesee County Museum.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Sources: Mark Harmison, mark.harmison@xrxgsn.com, Dale Travis, Roberta Walsh.
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: January, 2003.
  Updated: September, 2006.

Bronx County

• Bronx. Hexagon house. Built between 1848 and 1852. Located at W. 261st Street and Riverdale Avenue.
  
  Don Gilligan provides the following description:

  Fonthill, or Fonthill Castle as some call it, is on the National Register of Historic places as well as a NYC Landmark building. The building consists of six octagonal towers of varying dimensions and heights, joined together. It was built for Edwin Forrest, a famous 19th century Shakespearean actor. The architect is claimed by some to have been Thomas C. Smith of NYC. Barbaralee Diamondstein, in her book - Landmarks of New York - states that "the design has been attributed to Alexander Jackson Davis."

  Construction started in 1848 and completed in 1852. Forrest never occupied the house. He and his wife were divorced and the large property was sold to the Sisters of Charity who founded Mt. St. Vincent College at the site. Fonthill was used variously as a library and offices by the college.

  Photograph.
  
  Source: Don Gilligan, who supplied the information and the photograph.
  Entered: October, 2002.

Broome County

• Glen Aubrey. Octagon house. Built in 1857. Grout wall construction. Timbers put together using wooden dowels. A porch originally went around the entire house.
  
  Photograph, probably taken in the 1950s.
  
  Sources: Dale Travis, and "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: August, 2002.
• Glen Aubrey. Octagon structure. The Glen Aubrey Inn. Built in 1857 by George W. Smith. Now gone.
  Source: Linda Esposito.
  Entered: June, 2001.
• Maine. Octagon bandstand. Built right after the Civil War. Burned in 1928. Rebuilt in 1973.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• North Sanford. Octagon house. Nothing else known.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.

Cattaraugus County

• East Otto. Hexagon house. Built about 1870.
  Source: "More About Octagons," Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Olean. Octagon house. Built in 1868. Located at 404 E. State Street. One story.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.

Cayuga County

• Fairhaven. Octagon house. The Fowler-Bacon house. Built in the early 1850s. Demolished in 1954. "The Octagon Fad" book provides a description of the house, of the house.
  
  A photograph of the house, from "The Octagon Fad."
  
  Source: Dale Travis and Ellen Puerzer.
  Entered: August, 2002.
  Updated: September, 2002.
• Locke. Octagon schoolhouse. Located on West Hill, several miles SW of the town.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.
• Poplar Ridge. Octagon house. The Young-Hoag. Built in 1856. Possibly the same as the house below.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Popular Ridge. Octagon house. Built in 1840. Very solid construction. Used as a church for a while by the Society of Friends.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.

Chautauqua County

• Chautauqua. Octagon house. Gables on perhaps six sides. Apparently one story with a large attic.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Source: "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: February, 2003.
• Fredonia. Octagon house. Two stories, with cupola and octagonal carriage house. Located at 99 Chestnut Street. Being restored.
  Source: Howard McHenry
• Lily Dale. Octagon house. Built before 1897. Now used as a spiritual camp center.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.
  Updated: January, 2007.
• Westfield. Octagon house. Two story. Recessed porch on both stories. Small fenced in area on the top instead of a cupola. Located on Route 394.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Sources: Dale Travis, Susan Zorn.
  Entered: August, 2002.
  Updated: January, 2003.
  Updated: November, 2007.
• Westfield. Octagon house. Located at the corner of South Portage and Chase Streets.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.

Chemung County

• Elmira. Octagon study. Built in 1874, and moved to Elmira college campus in 1962. Built by Mark Twain's sister-in-law on her farm as a study for the author, with a design resembling a steamboat pilothouse. Single story, it contained a fireplace, writing table, sofa, and a few chairs.
  Source: "The Octagon House: A Home for All," Orson S. Fowler. Dover Books reprint, 1973. Page 160.
  Entered: July, 2001.
• Millport. Octagon schoolhouse. Built in the 1840s. Razed in 1930.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.

Chenango County

• Coventry. Octagon house. Built in 1854. Located on Gothic Street
  
  Photograph, probably taken in the 1950s.
  
  Sources: Richard and Mary Hamilton, current owners; "More About Octagons" Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: June, 2001.
• Greene. Octagon house. Built in 1875. Wood plank walls Located on Genesee Street, between Birdsall and Canal Streets. two inches thick. Two story, with large cupola. A segment of an 1890 map of Greene shows the building at the center of the image.
  Source: "The Octagon House: A Home for All," Orson S. Fowler. Dover Books reprint, 1973. Page 99.
  Entered: July, 2001.
• South of Greene. Octagon house. Two story. Large cupola. Age unclear.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Entered: January, 2007.
• Guilford. Octagon house. Built about 1865. Located on the corner of Main Street and Mechanic Street. Porch on three sides.
  
  Unidentified in the photograph below, the people shown owned the house from 1923 to 1976.
  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the mid 1950s.
  
  Photograph, showing storm damage on June 13, 1994.
  
  Photograph, showing repair of storm damage.
  
  Source: F. Wilson, the current owner of the house.
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: April, 2007.
• Norwich. Octagon house. The Rhodes-Barnes house. Built in 1852. Located at 19 Hayes Street. Two story, with cupola, 16 rooms, and front, curved stair case. The walls are 16 feet long and double or triple brick construction.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Sources: owner Phil Giltner. Dale Travis provides the photograph.
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: July, 2003.
  Updated: April, 2004.
• Oxford. Octagon house. Built in the 1850s. Located at 37 Mechanics Street.
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: September, 2002.
• Oxford. Octagon house. Built in 1886. Located at 15 Taylor Street.
  
  June Henry supplies the following information:
  
  "Meanwhile here is what the Oxford historian says about the house: The L. G. Lindsley House was built in 1886 on the site of a lime kiln. The octagon fad of the 1850's reached Oxford earlier with the construction of a octagon house on Mechanic Street. "Mr. Lindsley used grout to build the walls and pitched the roof toward the center of the house to catch the rainwater and drain it through to a cistern in the basement. The grout walls were covered with a coat of plaster marked off with a tool to imitate stone jointing. It is a two-story house and each of the eight sides is twelve feet eight inches long."
  
  Photograph.
  
  Sources: R. Kline, June Henry. Cassie Marrone supplies the photograph.
  Entered: September, 2002.
  Updated: June, 2006.
• Sherburne. Octagon house. Built about 1855 by Devillo White. Walls are 20 feet long, stucco, scored to look like stone. Two story. Porch added later or rebuilt. Two story bay added later. A segment of an 1887 map of Sherburne shows the building at the center of the image. Apparently it was demolished.
  Source: "The Octagon House: A Home for All," Orson S. Fowler. Dover Books reprint, 1973. Page 161.
  Entered: July, 2001.
• South Ostelic. Octagon house. Gladding museum. Two story. Cupola.
  
  Photograph, probably taken in the 1950s.
  
  Source: "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: February, 2003.
• South Ostelic. Octagon house. Stetson House. Built in about 1860, by LeRoy Newton, for his daughter Lucretia, and son-in-law Orrin Stetson. Two story, stucco. The house was purchased in November, 2000, by M.C.Sheridan, from Queens, NY.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Larger version of the photograph above.
  
  History and photographs. Note that floor plans are available on this site.
  
  Staircase from the ground to the second floor.
  
  A 1907 view of the house on Main Street.
  
  Source: Michael Sheridan, the current owner.
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: October, 2002.
  Updated: March, 2004.

Columbia County.

• Ancramdale. Octagon house. The Near-Dietter house. Fowler period. Two story. No cupola. Porch around at least three sides. Now owned by the Barringer's.
  
  Photograph, probably taken in the 1950s.
  
  Sources: Johnathan Hallam, "The Octagon Fad," Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: July, 2002.
• Columbiaville. Octagon house. The Isaac Smith Octagon. Built in 1853. Gravel wall construction, as promoted by Fowler. Each side is 16 feet. Open cupola, which is accessible by ladder from the second floor. Currently being restored.
  
  Photograph, probably taken in the 1950s.
  
  As of July, 2008, the house has been massively restored, as shown in the photographs below, provided by the owner.
  
  

  Left click on the images below for a larger version.

  

  
  
  Sources: Jonathan Hallam, the present owner; "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: July, 2002.
  Updated: July, 2008.
• Columbiaville. Hexagon house. Also built by Isaac Smith, perhaps about the same time. Good condition. Has additions. Located near the octagon house.
  Source: Jonathan Hallam
  Entered: July, 2002.
• Copake. Octagon house. Built in 1866-1868 by Dr. John Reynolds after his return from the Civil War. Wood frame construction. Central cobblestone chimney. Each side is twelve feet. Dr. Reynolds added a wing for his office.
  
  Photograph, probably taken in the 1950s.
  
  Sources: Jonathan Hallam; "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: July, 2002.
• Stuyvesant Falls. Octagon granary. Domed roof.
  Source: Mark Phillips.
  Entered: December, 2001.

Cortland County.

• Cortland. Octagon house. Built in 1855. Locate at 14 N. Church Street. Apparently now used for apartments.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Larger version of the photograph above.
  
  Sources: Linda Esposito. Dale Travis provides the photographs.
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: March, 2004.
  Updated: December, 2006.
• Cortland. Octagon house. Located on the east side of the Tioughnioga River.
  
  Source: Linda Esposito.
  Entered: June, 2001.
• Homer. Octagon house. Built in 1905. Located at 161 South Main Street. Known as the circus house building, it is now the Circus House Antiques.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Larger version of the photograph above.
  
  The current owner provides the following facts:

  Sig Sautelle's Circus winter quarters, built in 1905 in Homer N.Y. It is a three story 55' octagon building, built to look like a circus tent. It has ten bedrooms each with a closet on the second floor. The first floor has five large rooms and three smaller rooms 80% of the original tin walls and ceilings are intact on both the first and second floors. It has a full 55' octagon basement and a 45' octagon third floor attic. On top of it all is a 10' octagon cupola and seven dormers.

  
  
  Sources: Linda Esposito. Dale Travis provides the photograph. David and Marsha Ward, the current owners.
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: October, 2005.
• Homer. Octagon house. The Head-Miller house. Probably built in the 1860s. Two story. Cupola. Located in the historic district, at 26 Clinton street.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Photograph, possibly taken in the 1950s.
  
  Sources: Linda Esposito; Dale Travis; "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: March, 2002.
  Updated: March, 2004.
• Marathon. Round house. Located on Route 11, north of town.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.

Delaware County.

• Roxbury. Octagon house. Old River Road. Now a bed and breakfast. Brief article.
• Walton. Octagon house. Built in 1855 by John Hawley. Located at 34055 State Highway #10 ( also called Walton-Hamden road ), Walton, NY. Built of locally quarriedstone, but veneered with brick in 1875. Rooms are square. Staircase runs up the center.
  
  2007 photograph
  
  Now a bed and breakfast.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Larger version of the photograph above.
  
  Brief description, photo.
  
  Octagon Farm Bed & Breakfast.
  
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: March, 2004.
  Updated: July, 2007.

Dutchess County.

• Annandale on Hudson. Hexagon house. The Bleithwood-Gate house. Built in 1840, based on plans provided by Alexander Jackson Davis. Once the home of Bard college founder John Bard. Two story. Hexagon cupola.
  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the 1950s.
  
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Fishkill. Octagon house. "By 1853, Fowler's own octagon house near Fishkill, NY, which he helped to build, was ready for occupancy. Three stories high, it contained sixty rooms and included entries, a basement and a twenty-foot glass-domed octagonal cupola. Each of the upper floors contained twenty rooms, among them a playroom and dancing room, a gymnastics room for unlaced female dress reformers, a dressing room for every bedroom, a library and a room for minerals, shells and portraits, and author's study and a prophet's chamber. Many visitors were attracted to "Fowler's Folly" overlooking the Hudson River, and all went well for a few years until mounting unemployment and a multitude of bank failures resulted in the 'Panic' of 1857, which brought an end to the octagon fad and to Orson Fowler's resources."
  The house is said to have had central heating, gas lighting, running water, and inside flush toilets, all quite advanced for the time. The following description of the house is from "The Octagon Fad,
  The following sketch provides some idea of what Fowler's house looked like during it's brief existence. Another rendition of the house, provided by the ELPuerzer archive.
  Source: R. Kline and Kevin Berner and Ellen Puerzer, who provided the sketches.
  Entered: June, 2001. Updated: September, 2002.
• Millbrook. Octagon house. Built by John Russell Comstock. Razed in 1939. Located on Route 44. Two story. Each side 12 feet long.
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: September, 2002.
• Poughkeepsie. Octagon house. Based on an existing estate, Samuel F. B. Morse worked with the architect Alexander Jackson Davis to enlarge the house, and include a large octagonal salon.
  
  A small photograph and drawing give some idea of what the house looked like.
  
  The house still exists, and is now a NY landmark.
  
  Source: Roberta Walsh.
  Entered: September, 2005.
• Poughkeepsie. Octagon house. Built as early as 1819. Burned in 1836. Located on Main Street.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Red Hook. Octagon house. On Route 9 (South Broadway.) From the source:

  Our Red Hook Public Library, New York, is a 10 room octagonal house, begun October, 1864, and finished December, 1865, built by Allan Barringer Hendricks. The foundation is poured concrete made with Rosendale Cement. It is virtually unchanged from the page 171 photo in The Octagon Fad by Carl F. Schmidt, 1958 and in remarkably intact condition.

  Hendricks lived in the house for over 60 years. After his death, at age 93 , it stood empty for several years. In 1935, it was purchased by the Red Hook Public Library (chartered June 27, 1898) for $3,850. It cost $900 to renovate and $1,289.40 for furniture. Most of this was donated as memorials.

  The original roof was slate. Round iron pillars were used on the porch and replaced by wooden pillars when the library was renovated. The outside walls are covered in stucco.

  The original kitchen and dining room were in the basement, open to the garden. The furnace room and storage room are located against the hill. There were four bedrooms and a bath on the top floor which is now used as an apartment by the caretaker. Only one room over the stairs is v-shaped. The corners are used for the closets.

  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the 1950s.
  
  Source: Linda Keeling.
  Entered: June, 2001.

Erie County.

• Akron. Octagon house. The Rich-Twinn Octagon house, built in 1849 by Charles B. Rich. Owned and operated by the Newsead Historical Society. House located at 145 Main Street, Akron, NY. Phone: 716-542-2254.
  
  Photograph,
  
  Context photograph,
  
  Historical photograph, Creation date unknown.
  
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: April, 2002.
  Updated: February, 2007.

Essex County.

• Bouquet. Octagon schoolhouse. Built in 1826. Brick. Single story. Cupola with bell.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.
  Updated: March, 2004.
• Crown Point. Octagon house. Has view of Lake Champlain. Had captain's walk on the top. The first photograph below was taken by an unidentified photographer at an unknown time. The second is a contemporary photograph of the house.
  
  Older photograph.
  
  Contemporary photograph - right side.
  
  Contemporary photograph - left side.
  
  Greg Furness, of Mineville, NY, supplies the following information:

  'The house is located on the Factoryville Road in Crown Point, NY see photo below taken today. I can recall that 20 years ago some of the gingerbread decoration along the edge of the roof still existed. Grey's 1876 Atlas of Essex County,NY, plate 18, map of "Factoryville" indicates the house occupied by one "C.P. Fobes" '

  
  Source: Dale Travis, Paul A. Carnahan, Librarian, Vermont Historical Society, who provides the older photograph, and Greg Furness, who provides the identification of the house, historical information, and a contemporary photograph.
  Entered: August, 2002.
  Updated: May, 2003.
  Updated: October, 2006.

Genesee County.

• LeRoy. Octagon outhouse. Probably built in the 1850s, by George Slader. Located at 6928 Cole Road, south of town. Accommodates seven.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Little Genesee. Octagon house. The Amos Merritt house, built in about 1860. Either small second story or large cupola.
  The following sketch provides some idea of what the house looked like.
  Source: Kevin Berner, who provided the sketch.
  Entered: March, 2002.

Greene County.

• Catskill. "Springside," the David Van Gelder octagon house. Located on Division Street. Completed in 1860. Two story brick, cupola, about 3,000 square feet. The floor plan is four rectangular rooms off of a square center hall. A stair well is open from the first floor into the cupola. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

  David van Gelder was a farmer, and a designer of covered bridges. As is suggested by the photograph, the house has a spacious setting with large trees.
  Source: Mark Phillips.
  Entered: December, 2001.

Hamilton County.

• Raquette Lake. Octagon cottage. Built about 1890. Located on Raquette Lake, at Golding Point.
  Sources: Dale Travis. "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt. Dave Porter.
  Entered: August, 2002
  Updated: January, 2007

Herkimer County.

• Ilion. Octagon house. The house appears to be from the Fowler period, and a guess at its construction date would be about 1860. Located at Third & John Streets. Brick construction, now stuccoed. Two story, large cupola. The house appears to be in very good condition in year 2007.
  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the 1950s.
  
  Contemporary photograph.
  
  The Paddock family lived in the house in and around 1910 - exactly when and for how long is not known at present. Blanch (Raut) and William Paddock are shown in a November 6, 1901,
  
  wedding photograph.
  
  At least three of the Paddocks's five or six children lived in the house for a while. Shown below are Frances, Marion, and Helen Paddock.
  
  Paddock children around 1910.
  
  Sources: Dale Travis, "More About Octagons" Carl F. Schmidt.Heather Meeker Metheny, who supplied the contemporary photograph, and whose grandmother once lived in the house.
  Entered: August, 2002
  Updated: June, 2007
• Little Falls. Octagon house. Built in 1855. Located at 102 West Gansevoort Street. Two story. Cupola. Circular staircase. The current owners are in the process of doing some restoration work.
  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the 1950s.
  
  2005 photograph,
  
  2006 photograph,
  
  Sources: Dale Travis, "More About Octagons" Carl F. Schmidt, Karen May. Scott and Megan Schmidt, the owners as of September, 2003.
  Entered: August, 2002
  Updated: May, 2005
• Newport. Octagon house. Built in 1849 by Linus Yale Sr, for his daughter, Mrs. Ira L. Cady. Two story, cupola, built of Trenton limestone. Recessed porches and bay windows.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Larger version of the photograph above.
  
  Another larger version of the photograph above.
  
  Linus Yale Sr..
  
  Undated photograph - perhaps the 1920s, based on the vintage of the automobile.
  
  A 2005 photograph.
  
  Floor plan.
  
  Sources: "The Octagon House: A Home for All," Orson S. Fowler. Dover Books reprint, 1973. Page 178.
  Dale Travis provides photographs.
  Robin Walsh, the current owner, also supplies photographs of the house, and Linus Yale Sr, and also a floor plan..
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: May, 2004.
  Updated: April, 2006.
  Updated: July, 2006.
• Northport. Hexagon house.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.

Jefferson County.

• Campbells Point. Octagon cottage. Built in 1843. Stone fireplace.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  
• Fineview. Octagon cottage. Built in 1876. Located on Wellesley Island in the St. Lawrence River, opposite Fisher's Landing. Once called "Waving Branches." Rebuilt in 1927.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002

Kings County.

• Bushwick. Octagon church.
  Source: "More About Octagons," Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002
• Coney Island Beach. Octagon structure. Nothing else is known, including what the function of the structure is/was, whether it still exists, when it was built, etc.
  
  Postcard image,
  
  Postcard image - detail,
  
  Source: Jerry Freeze, who also provides the postcard images.
  Entered: August, 2003
• Coney Island Beach. Octagon structures. Luna park. At least four octagonal structures are shown.
  
  Postcard image,
  
  Postcard image - another view,
  
  Postcard image - nigh time view,
  
  Postcard image - another structure,
  
  Source: Jerry Freeze, who also provides the postcard images.
  Entered: January, 2004
• Utrecht. Octagon church. Built in 1700. Razed in 1828.
  Source: "More About Octagons," Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002

Lewis County.

• Constableville. Octagon house. Built in 1856 by Moses J. Eames. Frame construction. Each side is 13 feet, 2 inches. The current, and fourth, owner mentions that the house was in the Eames family until 1952. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as a significant structure in the Constableville Historic District.
  
  Karen May, the owner in 2005, provides the following history and chronology of owners for the house from 1856 to present.
  
  Period photograph.
  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the 1950s.
  
  2005 photograph.
  
  The house was neglected for about the last 20 years, and unoccupied since since 1997. The lack of heat in the winter has taken a toll on the plaster walls. The current owner is in the process of doing the necessary renovations.
  
  Stacked board construction was used for both the inner and outer walls. The lack of heat has necessitated the replacement of the original plaster in many rooms, and allows a better view of the construction method.
  
  A view of the circular staircase area.
  
  Downstairs and upstairs floor plans.
  
  As of May, 2005, the house might be available to someone interested in a historic home. Contact Karen May for details at KSTAPLE3@twcny.rr.com
  
  Sources: "The Octagon House: A Home for All," Orson S. Fowler. Dover Books reprint, 1973. Page 21, and "The Octagon Fad," Carl F. Schmidt. Karen May, the current owner.
  Entered: July, 2001.
  Updated: May, 2005.

Livingston County.

• Conesus. Octagon house. Built in 1805 by Davenport Alger. Located on Clark Road, about one half mile northeast of town. Also near South Livionia.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002
• York. Octagon house. Built in 1837. Located on Cowan Road, off Route 36. Now gone. The image below shows that the house perhaps once had a porch that went around the house. It appears to be abandoned in the image, and perhaps features are now missing.
  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the 1950s.
  
  Sources: Dale Travis; "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: August, 2002

Madison County.

• Madison. Octagon house. Built by James Coolidge, about 1850. In about 1910 the house belonged to Louis Fuess. Walls made of cobblestone. Cut-stone quoins at the corner. Located at 7271 Main Street.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the 1950s.
  
  Postcard, perhaps taken in 1910.
  
  Sources: "The Octagon House: A Home for All," Orson S. Fowler. Dover Books reprint, 1973. Page 47, and "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt.
  Updated: March, 2004.
• New Woodstock. Octagon house. Located at 2606 Pearl Street. Owned by Fred and Shea Palmer.
  
  Source: Dave Porter, Cazenovia, NY, Madison County.
  Entered: January, 2007
• Oneida. Octagon house. The Brown-Huyck house. Built in the early 1870s. Located at the corner of Stone and Seneca Streets.
  Sources: R. Kline, Karen May.
  Entered: September, 2002
  Updated: June, 2005
• Siloam. Octagon bath house. Built in the 1860s. Now a garage.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.

Monroe County.

• Clifton. Octagon schoolhouse. Perhaps built in the 1840s. Now gone.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Hilton. Octagon house. Built in 1919 to 1925. Located on 49 Lakeside Blvd, off Lighthouse Beach Road. The recent owners were only the first owners outside the original family. During the time they owned the house they reversed years of use, and the house is probably in close to original condition for the most part. The square addition on the back is not original.
  
  Some history.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Fireplace.
  
  Stairway detail.
  
  Second floor chimney detail.
  
  Attic detail.
  
  Sources: Dale Travis. The former owners, Patricia Conway and Paul Naliwajek, supplied additional information and the photographs.
  Entered: August, 2002
  Updated: April, 2004
• Rochester. Octagon house. Built by Henry White. Razed in the 1880s. Located on Plymouth Avenue.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: September, 2002.

Montgomery County.

• Amsterdam. Round building. Possibly octagonal. Built in or before 1881. Located on the shore of the Mohawk river. Single story. Cupola. If it is not an octagon house, the function of the building is not clear. Clearly a strong foundation has been built on the bank of the river. There is another house just down the river. A segment of an 1881 map of Amsterdam shows the building at the center of the image.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: July, 2002.
• Canajoharie. Octagon house. Two story, cupola. Appears to be brick. Some bay windows. Nothing else known.
  
  The house was looked for in December, 2005, and not located.
  
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: February, 2002.
  Updated: December, 2005.
• St. Johnsville. Octagon house. Located on Route 5.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: September, 2002.

Nassau County.

• Oyster Bay. Octagon hotel. Built around 1865. Located at Main and Spring Streets. Three story. Ornate cupola. Porch on at least three sides.
  
  Apparently the hotel proprietress in 1889, Mary Lavelle, had steam heat added, and put in an early electric plant a year later. Telephone service was added in around 1900.
  
  Starting in about 1919 the first floor was remodeled, and used as a Ford showroom. In year 2005 a kitchen-bathroom remodeling business in using the first floor. The second and third floors, and the cupola, are said to be in mostly original condition, save that plastic siding now covers the outside walls.
  
  Photograph from about 1910.
  
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: September, 2002
  Updated: April, 2003
  Updated: July, 2005

Niagara County

• Lyndonville. "Tarbox House." Hexagon house. Built in the 1850s. Located at 11886 East Lake Shore Drive. Greek Revival details. Cupola removed. As of January, 2004, it appears the house is under going some kind of work.
  
  Photograph,
  
  Sources: M. Culver; The Octagon Fad (showing floor plan), pp. 76-77, 194. Peter Calvert provided the photograph.
  Entered: January, 2004
• Niagara Falls. Octagon house. "Prospect House."
  Source: Roberta Walsh
  Entered: April, 2005
• Olcott. Octagon house. Located at 5586 West Bluff Road, west of routes 78 & 18.
  
  Photograph,
  
  Photograph - second view,
  
  Sources: Dale Travis. Peter Calvert provided the photographs.
  Entered: August, 2002
  Updated: January, 2004
• Ransomville. Octagon house. Built in 1875. Located on Youngstown road.
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: September, 2002

Oneida County

• Barneveld. Octagon house. Built 1852 by Jacob Wicks. Located at 107 Vanderkamp Avenue. Each side is 13 feet 5 inches. Two story. Cupola. Photo in the source.
  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the 1950s.
  
  2005 photograph.
  
  Sources: "The Octagon House: A Home for All," Orson S. Fowler. Dover Books reprint, 1973. Page 147, "The Octagon Fad," Carl F. Schmidt, and Karen May.
  Entered: July, 2001.
  Updated: May, 2005.
• Deansboro. Octagon house. Two story. Cupola. Porch on perhaps three sides. Appears to be in very good condition.
  
  2005 photograph.
  
  Sources: R. Kline, Karen May.
  Entered: September, 2002
  Updated: May, 2005
• Hawkinsville. Octagon house. Built in the 1840s. Located on the west side of the river.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002
• Utica. Octagon house. Built in 1850 - 1860. Located at 2620 Genesee Street.
  Source: Roberta Walsh.
  Entered: April, 2005

Onondaga County

• X. Octagon school. The school looks very similar to one in Marcellus, Onondaga County. Sadly, there is no postmark on the postcard to indicate what city or town the school was located in. The only hint might be the designation "Howard, 2815" in the lower left hand corner.
  
  Photograph, probably taken about 1910.
  
  Source: Dave Porter
  Entered: January, 2007.
• Baldwinsville. Octagon house. Located at North Genesee and North Streets.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: September, 2002.
• Camillus. Octagon house. The Isaiah Wilcox house. Built in 1856. 5420 West Genesee Street. Two story. Cupola. Thick walls made of cobblestones and concrete. Circular staircase from the basement to the cupola. Open to public as museum. Listed, National Register. Brief article and photo..
• Cedervale. Octagon schoolhouse. Built in 1870. Located one mile south of the village in a place called "Mudville." Now used as a farm building.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002
• Cedervale. Octagon house. Built in the 1850's. Located on Tanner Road.
  Source: Roberta Walsh
  Entered: April, 2005
• Lafayette. Octagon schoolhouse. Built in the 1850s.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Lysander. Octagon house. The Teall-Ekross house. Built in the 1850s.
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: September, 2002
• Marcellus. Octagon schoolhouse. Built in 1865. One story, The cupola mainly provides ventilation. Located two miles south of town at Seal and Slatehille roads. A one room schoolhouse as late as 1948, it is now a residence.
  
  See a web site devoted to the house.
  
  Sources: Dale Travis, "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt, and Joy Long, the owner in 2006.
  Entered: August, 2002
  Updated: June, 2006
• Marcellus. Octagon schoolhouse. The Onondaga Hill school, located on Tanner Valley Road. As of year 2006, the school still exists, and is said to look very much like the photograph shown below, taken in the 1950s.
  
  Photograph, probably taken in the 1950s.
  
  Sources: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt, Joy Long, who owns another former octagon school in the area..
  Entered: October, 2002.
  Updated: June, 2006.
• Otisco. Octagon schoolhouse. Built in 1841. Located one and a quarter miles south of town on Vesper Road.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002
• Plainville. Octagon house. The Schenck-Reed house. Built about 1860.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• South of Skaneateles. Octagon schoolhouse. Built in 1859, by Quakers, as a girls dormitory. Now a dwelling. Located on the corner of West Lake and Benson streets. Brick construction. Four gables. Was known as "The Bee Hive."
  
  Photograph.
  
  Photograph, taken in about 1959.
  
  Sources: Dale Travis, who also supplies the photograph. The older photograph comes from Carl Schmidt's second book of octagon houses, issued in about 1959.
  Entered: August, 2002
  Updated: March, 2004
  Updated: November, 2007
• South Onondaga. Septagon house. Built in the 1850s or 1860s, by Jaared parsons. An unusual example of a seven sided house, but the sides are not regular. Five are one size, and two another.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Syracuse. Octagon house. Built about 1870, perhaps by W. Douglas, who owned the house in 1874. Located at 707 Oakwood Avenue. One story, wood. Each side is ten feet long.
  Source: "The Octagon House: A Home for All," Orson S. Fowler. Dover Books reprint, 1973. Page 58.
  Entered: July, 2001.
• Syracuse. Octagon house. The Pierce-McAuliffe Built in 1854. Located at 514 Bear Street.
  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the 1950s.
  
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: September, 2002
• Tully. Octagon house. The Tallman house. Built in the early 1870s.
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: September, 2002

Ontario County

• Canandaigua. Octagon House. Built in 1860. 116 Gorham Street. Two story, cupola. Recently remodeled. Had been a multiple family dwelling. Present status unknown. Once owned by NY State Senator John Raines.
  
  Photo provided by Jean Heffernan.
  
  Source: E.H.Rodney and Jean Heffernan. Entered: June and December, 2001.
• Geneva. Octagon house. Built in 1853 by Nehemia Denton for a Mr. Moore. Stone foundation, two story, brick walls seventeen and a half feet long, cupola. Central stairhall and spiral staircase. Located on North Street, at the State Agricultural Experimental Station. Sources: E. H. Rodney and "The Octagon House: A Home for All," Orson S. Fowler. Dover Books reprint, 1973. Page 139. Photo. Entered: June, 2001.
• Geneva. Octagon House. Located at 760 Castle Street. Two story, cupola.
  
  Photograph of east side
  
  Photograph of west side.
  
  Source: Jean Heffernan.
  Entered: December, 2001.
• Naples. Octagon House. West and Lyons Street.
  Source: Julia Dyke
  Entered: May, 2002.

Orange County.

• Middletown. Octagon house. The Hasbrouck house. Built in 1857 by John W. Hasbrouck and his wife Lydia. Torn down in 1919 to build the Memorial School on Linden Avenue.
  Source: brief description and photo.
  Entered: June, 2001.
• Monroe. Octagon carriage house. Totally remodeled.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Port Jervis. Octagon house. Located on Sun Tan Lake.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002
• Walden. Octagon house. Built in the 1860s. Located at 8 Maple Street. Now a two family apartment.
  
  Photograph - front view,
  
  Photograph - side view,
  
  The different angle to the sun might or might not explain the color differences.
  
  Sources: Dale Travis. Jim Augustine supplied the photographs.
  Entered: August, 2002
  Updated: November 26, 2006

Orleans County.

• Kent. Octagon house. The Hobbes-Warren house. Built in 1860. Located on Bille Road, north of town. Altered.
  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the 1950s.
  
  Photograph - side view,
  
  Sources: Dale Travis. "More About Octagons" Carl F. Schmidt. Peter Calvert supplied a current photograph.
  Entered: August, 2002.
  Updated: January, 2004.
• Lydonville. Hexagon house. The Tarbox-Baun house. Built in 1850. Located on East Lake Road, near town. Greek Revival style. Each side is 18 feet 5 inches long.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.

Oswego County.

• Constantia. Octagon house. Located on Main Street ( Rt. 49 ) in town. Each side is 13 feet 5 inches long.
  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the 1950s.
  
  Sources: Dale Travis; "More About Octagons" Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: August, 2002.
• Richland. Octagon house. Originally built by a pond, and later moved to some unknown site.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.
• Suttons Corners. Octagon schoolhouse. Built in 1866. Located on Route 49 east of Fulton. The walls are 14" thick and made of grout. Now used as a residence.
  
  Photograph, probably taken in the 1950s.
  
  Sources: Dale Travis; "More About Octagons" Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: August, 2002.

Otsego County.

• Oneonta. Octagon house. Built in 1868 or 1870, for Steven Bull, brother of professor Nathaniel Bull. Three story, Located at 16 Grand Street. Mansard roof. Converted to four apartments. A segment of an 1884 map of Oneonta shows the building at the center of the image.
  
  Photograph.
  
  The owners as of 2003 were in the process of restoring the structure to a one family home. As of November, 2008, the house is for sale.
  
  
  
  Sources: R. Kline, Dave Fineout, the current owner, and Dale Travis..
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: August, 2002.
  Updated: November, 2002.
  Updated: March, 2003.
  Updated: November, 2008.
• Maryland. Octagon house. Built in 1847. Nothing else known.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: September, 2002.
• Portlandville. Octagon house. Built in 1847. Located on the east side of the Susquehanna River, about one and a half miles northeast of town. Each side is 12 feet long.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: September, 2002.
• Unadilla. Octagon house. Built in or before 1887. Located at 21 Watson Street, next to a Baptist church. Two story. Cupola. Additions on two side. A segment of an 1887 map of Unadilla shows the building at the center of the image.
  
  Photograph. The house appears to be in excellent condition.
  
  Sources: R. Kline. Dale Travis. Peter Mogavero, who supplied the photograph.
  Entered: July, 2002.
  Updated: September, 2003.

Queens County.

• Forest Hills. Octagon house.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.

Rensselaer County.

• Hoosick Falls. Octagon house. The Estabrook-Dodge house. Built 1853. Located at 8 River Street. Cast concrete. Now a commercial property.
  
  Photograph, probably taken in the 1950s.
  
  Contemporary photograph.
  
  Sources: Brief description and "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt. Dale Travis supplies contemporary photographs.
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: February, 2003.
  Updated: November, 2005.

Richmond County (Staten Island)

• Tottenville. Octagon house. Existed in the 1870s, and was located at the foot of what is now Page Avenue. Present status unknown.
  
  Entered: June, 2001.

Rockland County

• Irvington. Octagon house. Five story. Domed. Located on Tappan Zee Road.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.

St. Lawrence County

• Brasher Falls. Octagon house. Built sometime between 1850 and 1874. West Main St. Two story. Cupola. Now vacant, being restored. Entered in the National Register of Historic Places.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Sources: R. Kline. Dale Travis provides the photograph.
  Entered: April, 2002.
  Updated: March, 2004
• Ogdensburg. Octagon house. Located on Ogdensburg Free Academy campus.
  Source: Roberta Walsh
  Entered: April, 2005.

Saratoga County

• Crescent. Octagon house. Located on Church Hill Drive. Two story. The house originally had a cupola, but now has gables on the roof on four sides.
  
  George Harris, who grew up in the house, relates the following:
  

  "A rephotographed picture I took of a photo of my dad's octagon house in Crescent (New York,Saratoga County). The original photo was believed to have been taken, based on research by my dad, in the late 1870s. Not to many years later, gable roofs were added and the cupola removed. The house, built in 1853, originally overlooked the Erie Canal crossing the Mohawk River on the Crescent Aqueduct . The build date is based on half-dimes dated 1853 that were found inside the walls during renovation work. When the Barge Canal was built in the early 1900's, replacing the Erie Canal, the new dams elevated the river pool so that the house is now surrounded on two sides by the river. The road that used to service the front of the house in the 1800's is now underwater and a new road was built behind the house, Church Hill Road. The floor plan is quite well laid out. The original front of the house used the two corners for double door entrances and for spiral stairways to the second floor. There is a central fireplace with hearths on two opposing main floor rooms. The original kitchen was in the basement with a dumb waiter that serviced the dining room. The house is quite large with sixteen foot sides. My mom and dad lived there over fifty years and I grew up in the house with my sister. I'm also including for your information, a picture of the Crescent Aqueduct taken sometime before 1915. Church Hill can be seen in the background, The octagon house was further to the right (east) just out of the picture as the hill went back down to the water."

  
  
  Photograph, likely taken in the late 1870s.
  
  Photograph, likely taken in the early 1900s. The house is located on Church Hill, shown in the background, but is just off the right side of the photograph, which shows the view the house had. Later, the aqueduct, which carried a canal across the Mohawk river, was demolished, and a dam built about a mile downstream. The river area rose about ten feet after the dam was constructed.
  
  A current photograph, of the area shows the house now on the waterline. It is about two inches from the right edge of the photograph.
  
  Sketch showing the relationship of the aqueduct, the approximate spot where the photograph above was taken from, and the location of the octagon house, not shown, but just to the right of the photograph.
  
  Photograph, likely taken in the late 1800s. The roof has been converted to the use gables. and the cupola removed. The photograph shows the south side of the house, and was taken from a spot that would later be under water.
  
  Sources: R. Kline. George Harris, who provides detailed information, the photographs, and the sketch .
  Entered: September, 2002.
  Updated: August, 2003.
  Updated: January, 2004.
• Gansevoort. Octagon house. Built in 1853. Located on Clark Road, about two miles northeast of town. Each side is 18 feet 8 inches long.
  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the 1950s.
  
  Sources: Dale Travis, and "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: August, 2002.
• Round Lake. Octagon house. Built in 1885. Located at 19 Andrews Street.
  
  Contemporary photograph
  
  Sources: Dale Travis and Susan Germain, who supplied the photograph..
  Entered: August, 2002.
  Updated: August, 2007.
• Schuylerville. Octagon house. Located at 9 Burgoyne Street.
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: September, 2002.
• Stillwater. Octagon house. Two stories, walls 18 feet long, cupola. Located on Park Street. A segment of an 1889 map of Stillwater shows the building at the center of the image.
  Source: "The Octagon House: A Home for All," Orson S. Fowler. Dover Books reprint, 1973. Page 147.
  Entered: July, 2001.
• Stillwater. Octagon house. Built in 1858 by Theodore Baker, whose other accomplishments include 19 sons. The house has a slightly unusual roof line. Located at 67 Hudson Avenue.
  
  Photograph, perhaps taken in the 1950s.
  
  Contemporary photograph
  
  A newspaper piece about the Stillwater octagon house shows a lot of detail about the efforts of the current owners to restore the house, which is apparently already in very good condition.
  
  Sources: Wayne & Brita Donovan, the current owners; "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: December, 2002.
  Updated: December, 2006.
• Stillwater. Octagon house. Existed as of at least 1889. Strange architecture. A single story octagon house, with a rectangular second story. Located at about 17 Main Street, now Hudson Avenue, as well as routes 4 and 32. A segment of an 1889 map of Stillwater shows the building at the center of the image.
  
  Contemporary photograph
  
  Sources: R. Kline and Susan Germain, who supplied the photograph..
  Entered: December, 2002.
  Updated: August, 2007.

Schenectady County

• Northwest of Delanson. Octagon house. Built in 1868 by a son of Nathaniel Jenkins. Two stories, walls 14 feet long. One inch thick planks used on walls, which were to serve as a base for plaster.Located on NY 395.
  
  Photograph
  
  Source: "The Octagon House: A Home for All," Orson S. Fowler. Dover Books reprint, 1973. Page 179.
  Entered: July, 2001.
• North of Delanson. Jenkins octagon house. Built in the 1850s by Boss Jones, a carpenter, for the Jenkins family. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: April, 2002.
  Updated: June, 2004.
• Duanesburg. Shute octagon house. Located on McGuire School Road. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Quite possibly from the Fowler period. Two story. Wood exterior. From the angle of the photograph below it it not clear whether there is a cupola.
  
  Photograph
  
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: April, 2002.
  Updated: July, 2007.

Schoharie County

• Middleburg. Octagon house. Built in 1853 by the brothers John Calvin and Henry Mattice. Originally the home was a duplex, built for the use of the two brothers. Two stories, with a cupola. It is located at 3924 Route 30, near the base of Vroman's Nose, a local landmark.
  Jeni Friedland supplied the following document:
  
  Page 1
  
  Page 2
  
  Page 3
  
  Page 4
  
  Photograph, probably taken in the 1950s.
  
  Photograph 1.
  
  Larger version of the photograph above.
  
  The following photographs show the context of the house, and some contemporary interior scenes.
  
  Context:
  
  Photograph 2
  
  Photograph 3
  
  Photograph 4
  
  Photograph 5
  
  Photograph 6
  
  Photograph 7
  
  Interior scenes:
  
  Photograph 8
  
  Photograph 9
  
  Photograph 10
  
  Photograph 11
  
  Photograph 12
  
  Photograph 13
  
  Sources: Emily Plishner; Jeni Friedland; Dale Travis; "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: March, 2002.
  Updated: March, 2003.
  Updated: March, 2004.
  Updated: April, 2006.
  Updated: December, 2006.
• Richmondville. Octagon house. Built in the 1850s. Two story. Each side was 8 feet 10 inches.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.
• Schoharie. Octagon house. The Schwartz-Westfall house. Built in 1854. Located on Grand Street.
  
  Photograph, probably taken in the 1950s.
  
  Sources: R. Kline, "More About Octagons," Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: September, 2002.

Schuyler County.

• Hector. Octagon schoolhouse. Located about one and half miles northwest of the village, on a hilltop overlooking the east side of Leneca Lake. I was originally on the other side of the road.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.

Steuben County.

• Hammondsport. Octagon house. The Younglove house. Built in 1859 by Timothy Younglove. Pleasant Valley Road. Stucco walls, 20 feet long, are 18 inches thick. A porch was added later. Two stories, cupola. Leonard Paul Wood Jr. was the last descendant to own the Younglove homestead, and sold it in 1965, at which time the house was already in need of repair. An octagon barn and smokehouse are now gone.
  
  Photograph from perhaps the 1920s.
  
  As can be seen in the contemporary photographs below, the house has been badly neglected. It's not clear from the photographs whether it is ( hopefully ) being worked on, or has been abandoned. Clearly the house was majestic in earlier days.
  
  Photograph - front and left side,
  
  Photograph - right side,
  
  Aerial photograph taken about 2006
  
  As of 2007 the house has apparently been rennovated, and converted to a B&B.
  
  Bed and breakfast.
  
  The B&B website has a large number of photographs of the inside and outside of the house as well as a nice historical summary.
  
  Sources: R. Kline. Peter Calvert supplied contemporary photographs.
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: June, 2003.
  Updated: January, 2004.
  Updated: August, 2007.
• Prattsburgh. Octagon house. Built in 1852 by Henry Hopkins, who had a sawmill on the property. Two story, large cupola. Each side is 17'4" long. Mentioned in "The Octagon Fad," by Carl F. Schmidt. Two story. Originally a porch extended around four sides.
  
  Photograph,
  
  Sources: Kirk and Julie Dyke, the current owners. Peter Calvert supplied the photograph.
  Entered: May, 2002.
  Updated: January, 2004.

Suffolk County

• Brentwood. Octagon school. Modern Times School. Built 1857 and relocated in 1989. Located on Third Avenue.
  Entered: June, 2001.
• Deer Park. Octagon house. Now gone. Two story
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: September, 2002.
• East Williamsburg. Octagon house. Built in the early 1850s. Two story
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.
• Head of the Harbor. Octagon house. Built in 1895. Kate Anette Wetherill Estate, Harbor Road. Colonial Revival house, designed by Stanford White. Also octagonal pump house.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: April, 2002.
• Huntington. Octagon house. Built in 1859. Locate at 41 Prime Avenue.

  A person familiar with the house provides the following:

  " The Prime Octagon House was constructed circa 1859. It is Huntington’s only example of the octagon style of architecture. The architect and builder are unknown. The house reflects the innovative architectural concepts of Orson S. Fowler, the designer and promoter of the octagon style. It is a two story structure with stucco walls and a nearly flat hipped roof. The building is distinguished by a projecting denticulated cornice with brackets and a square cupola with ventilator panels. The paired six over six double hung sash windows have heavily molded surrounds and bracket supported window sills.

  The house is loosely patterned after the plans of the John J. Brown house in Willamsburgh, New York. The projecting bracketed cornice and paired windows with bracket supported sills were copied from the Brown house plans.

  The original wrap around porch was removed in the mid-twentieth century and replaced with a smaller gable roof entrance porch with square columns. The interior of the house is relatively unaltered and retains its wall and ceiling finishes, trim, flooring and overall plan. The first floor was built with Rosedale cement and gravel dug from the cellar. The second floor is composed of brick with stucco coating. The exterior walls are 18 inches thick. The general condition of the house is excellent.

  The house is historically associated with Ezra C. Prime, the prosperous local thimble manufacturer. Born in Huntington, Prime worked in the silver business in New York City and opened his own factory producing thimbles. Prior to his factory being opened, all thimbles sold in the United States were imported from Europe. By 1859, Prime had the octagon house built, although it is not known whether it was for his own use or that of an employee. By 1860 he had opened Prime Avenue from Main Street to Mill Lane and owned land on both sides. He proceeded to build a dam on his property and used the water power to operate his factory. Prime’s business flourished until the 1880's. Today, Heckscher Park occupies the site of Prime's thimble factory and the Octagon House remains as one of two unaltered structures associated with Huntington's nineteenth century industrial development and the locally prominent Prime family."

  
  
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.
  Updated: April, 2003.
  Updated: July, 2003.
• Huntington. Octagon house. Located at Prince Avenue and Lake Place. Demolished in the 1930s.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Mattituck. Octagon house. Built 1854. Located on Main Road.
  Source: brief mention.
  Entered: June, 2001.
• Northport. Octagon house. Two story.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Patchogue, LI. Octagon house. Built in the 1880s. Located on Maple Avenue. Moved from the original location on Ocean Avenue.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.
• Sag Harbor. Octagon house. Springhouse.
  Source: Roberta Walsh.
  Entered: April, 2005.
• Smithtown. Octagon house. Two story. Formerly a barn.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.
• Stoney Brook. Octagon carriage house. Built in the 1850s. Now a two family dwelling.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Westhampton Beach. Octagon house. Built about 1900. Located on Beech Lane.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.
• Yaphank. Octagon schoolhouse. Remodeled, and now used as a firehouse.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.
  Updated: March, 2004.

Tioga County

• Newark Valley. Octagon carriage barn.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.

Tompkins County

• Etna. Octagon schoolhouse. Built in 1827. Each side is 12 feet 6 inches. In continuous use until 1941. Now owned by the DeWitt Historical Society.
  
  Photograph, probably taken in the 1950s.
  
  Sources: Dale Travis; "More About Octagons" Carl F. Schmidt.
  Entered: August, 2002.
• Ithaca. Octagon (possibly hexagonal) schoolhouse. On Hanshaw Road, outside Ithaca.
  Source: Bruce Marcham.
  Entered: June, 2001.

Ulster County

• Kingston. Octagon house. The Robert G. Boonsteel house, named after the owner, who was an ice dealer, and died in 1869. Built in 1855, of local brick and bluestone, in the Italianate style. Located at 693 Broadway - the street was called Union Avenue when the house was built. Now a display room for an electrical appliance dealer.
  
  Photograph - front view,
  
  Photograph - right side,
  
  Source: Dale Travis. Sheryl Chisamore provided the photographs.
  Entered: August, 2002.
  Updated: September, 2005.
• Marlboro. Octagon House. The DuBois/Sarles Octagon House. Apparently built between 1850 and 1855. Two and a half story. Siding rather than traditional stucco. Mansard roof.
  
  The owners provide the following:
  
  

  As Orson S. Fowler said "Every living thing must have its habitation." Carmen & Terry have found their perfect 21^st Century habitation to be in a 19^th Century Octagon House.  This home was built for General DuBois in the mid 19^th Century, approximately 1850-1855.  It is located in Marlboro, New York about 70 miles north of New York City and on the opposite side of the Hudson River from Fowler's home town of Fishkill. Orson Fowler, who made the architectural style of the octagon house famous in the middle to the 19^th Century, described the perfect home as one that combines most instrumentalities for safety, enjoyment, and comfort. 

  The DuBois/Sarles Octagon House, which was built around the 1850's by an unknown architect, stands proudly on three acres of mature landscaping at the end of the Village. It is a practical home full of all the amenities and practical facilities for the entire family of the 19^th Century coupled with all the conveniences of modern times plus the benefits of functionality. This home has been built for the conveniences of both sexes. It has a solid practical foundation built out of bricks, cement, and stone while its interior design was arranged to facilitate the purposes of the different rooms.  All the rooms in the house are easily accessible from each to all, connected by doors, stairs and entry ways. All the rooms in our home are conveniently located to each other, facilitating a smooth navigation throughout the house, encouraging family interactions and making housework less strenuous.

  Terry & Carmen's Octagon House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the DuBois/Sarles Octagon House was given national historical acknowledgment in November 12, 2002. 

  This home has served as a perfect private heaven for only three families: the DuBois Family, Sarles Family, and Elizondo/Clouse Family and stands as a successful realization of the dream of having the perfect habitation.         

  
  
  Front, right photograph,
  
  Back, left photograph,
  
  Source: Carmen Elizondo/Clouse and Terry Clouse, the owners.
  Entered: June, 2001.
  Updated: October, 2003.
• Saugerties. Octagon house. Located on Russell Street. Two story.
  
  Front, left photograph,
  
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.
  Updated: September, 2006.

Washington County

• Fort Edward. Octagon house. Now gone. Nothing else known.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: September, 2002.
• Hudson Falls. Octagon house. Razed in the 1940s. Located on Maple Street.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: September, 2002.
• North Argyle. Octagon house. Now gone.
  Source: R. Kline
  Entered: September, 2002.

Wayne County

• Village of Alloway, just south of Lyons. Built in 1832. Octagon blacksmith shop. Two stories. Cobblestone construction. Owed by Cleve Friend, who was a working blacksmith for many years. Now used as a storehouse ( The time frame of "Now" is unclear; this information was taken from an undated newspaper piece.)
  
  Photograph.
  
  Photograph from "More About Octagons, possibly taken in the 1950s.
  
  Photograph.
  
  Source: Jean Heffernan, Canandaigua, NY, provided the newspaper clipping from which this information was taken.
  Entered: September, 2001.
• Clyde. Octagon house. The Bissell-Gillette house. Built in the 1870s. Located at 273 Glascow Street.
  
  Photograph. The car in the photograph suggests that it was taken in the 1950s.
  
  Source: "More About Octagons," Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: September, 2002.
• Sodus Point. Octagon cottage. Built in 1900, by Seymour Scott, of Lyons. Stone masonry first story, followed by two wood stories.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.
• Williamson. Octagon House. Built in 1864. A great deal of detailed information has been provided about this house by Jean Heffernan, as well as about a blacksmith shop in the village of Alloway. This is one of only a few examples floor plans available on this site at this time. Hopefully more will become available later, together with interior photographs. Many details are available in the histories included here.

  Undated photo. Probably around 1964.

  Contemporary photo. Year 2000.

  Another contemporary photo. Year 2000.

  Contemporary real estate ad. Year 2000.

  Detailed floor plan.

  Detailed history - part 1.

  Detailed history - part 2.

  
  Source: Steve Wray and Jean Heffernan.
  Entered: June and September, 2001.

• York. Octagon House. Located on Cowan Road. After significant deterioration the house was demolished.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.

Westchester County

• Banksville. Octagon house. Built in 1859 by country doctor Ralph B. Griswold. He sold the house to Lizzie Crespo in about 1890, and she later sold it to the Middle Parent Methodist Church. In 1921 it returned to private ownership. It was purchased by Thomas Birdsell in 1961. Also said to be located in North Castle, near Banksville, but has Banksville P.O. address. Located at 47 Round House Road.
  
  Two story, cupola, and clapboard construction. The porch extends around the house.
  
  Photograph
  
  Rough photographs of Ralph B. Griswold and wife Mary Jane.
  
  Aerial view of the house, which sits on 0.7 acres
  
  Multiple views of the house and land
  
  Sources: Dale Travis. James Buick.
  Entered: August, 2002.
  Updated: March, 2008.
• Irvington. Octagon house. Built in 1860 by banker and broker Paul J. Armour. Said to be perhaps the most lavish from the 1850-1860 period. In 1872, Joseph Stiner, wealthy tea merchant, substantially remodeled and enlarged the house. Last sold to Joseph Pell Lombardi, an architect specializing in historic preservation, the house is now in the process of being restored. Available for group tours by appointment. Photo.
  Sources: brief description, and brief article.
• Peekskill. Octagon library. Now a garage.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Rye. Octagon house. The Billip house. Located on North Billip Street. Razed in the 1940s.
  Source: R. Kline.
  Entered: September, 2002.
• White Plains. Octagon house. Nothing else known.
  Source: brief mention.
  Entered: June, 2001.
• Yonkers. Hexagon house. Probably built in 1852. On Yonders Avenue, a short distance west of where it crosses over the Saw Mill River Parkway. Two story. It appears that the house is largely in good condition - the roof, sides, and foundation appear to be in good condition.
  
  Photograph.,
  
  Source: Don Gilligan, who supplied both the site and the photograph.
  Entered: May, 2002.

Wyoming County.

• Arcade. Octagon house. Built in the 1920s. Located at 124 Park Street.
  Source: Dale Travis.
  Entered: August, 2002.

Yates County.

• Penn Yan. Octagon carriage house. Located at 312 Clinton Street.
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.
• Rushville. Round school house. Cobblestone. Single story.
  
  Photograph, possibly taken in the 1950s.
  
  Source: "More About Octagons" Carl Schmidt.
  Entered: October, 2002.