Octagon House
This structure, something of a curiosity of the mid to late nineteenth century, has an octagonal or near-octagonal perimeter outline, although extensions off the rear are common. Floor arrangement and chimney placement varies. Fowler 1854, 1; Creese 1946, 89; Peat 1962, 92; Foley 1980, 159; Walker 1981, 140; McAlester and McAlester 1984, 235; Noble 1984, 139.