Architectural trends come and go. Sheboygan Falls is blessed with more than two dozen outstanding examples of Greek Revival-style buildings common here from the 1830s to the 1860s. Plymouth has a ...

Dear Jim: I saw some round and octagonal houses at a recent home show. They were very attractive outside and had uniquely shaped room layouts with sloped ceilings. Is this an energy efficient method ...

Fowler claimed in his book, "A Home for All; or The Gravel Wall and Octagon Mode of Building," that eight walls would enclose more space than four walls of the same length. But the layout of the rooms ...

In 1848, phrenologist and lecturer Orson Squire Fowler authored the book “The Octagon House: A Home for All,” which shared his views about the benefits derived from residing in an eight-sided house ...

DANBURY - The historic Octagon House today is a symbol of neglect with boarded up windows and rotted-out rail work. That is not the way the Octagon House used to look, nor is it the way it will look ...

One of Alabama’s most unusual homes has been preserved in downtown Clayton. The Petty-Roberts-Beatty House is known for its unique architecture, its building materials and its residents. In fact, one ...

The Amour-Steiner Octagon House is located in Irvington, New York. It is the only known, fully domed octagonal residence and ...

This is the 150th anniversary of one of San Francisco's eight-sided wonders: the Octagon House at Gough and Union streets in Cow Hollow. The house, which is open to the public three days a month ...

In the mid-1800s, the "octagon house" enjoyed a short-lived popularity in residential architecture. Designed to be economical, practical and aesthetic, the eight-sided, two-story dwelling was designed ...