List of octagonal buildings and structures in the United States
Octagonal buildings and structures are characterized by an octagonal plan form, whether a perfect geometric octagon or a regular eight-sided polygon with approximately equal sides.
Octagon-shaped buildings date from at least 300 B.C. when the Tower of the Winds in Athens, Greece, was constructed. Octagonal houses were popularized in the United States in the mid-19th century by Orson Squire Fowler and many other octagonal buildings and structures soon followed.
This article is a list of octagonal buildings and structures in the United States. Many of these are on the National Register of Historic Places.
Barber shops[]
- Dickey's Octagonal Barbershop, Rives, Tennessee
Churches, chapels, synagogues, etc.[]
- Alberts Chapel, Sand Ridge, West Virginia
- Falcon Tabernacle, Falcon, North Carolina
- First Congregational Church, U.C.C. (Naponee, Nebraska)
- Follen Church Society-Unitarian Universalist, Lexington, Massachusetts
- Holy Ghost Catholic Church (Kula, Hawaii)
- McBee Methodist Church, Conestee, South Carolina
- Mercy Chapel at Mill Run, Selbysport, Maryland
- Seney-Stovall Chapel, Athens, Georgia
- Williams Bay, Wisconsin
- Seventh Church of Christ, Scientist (Seattle, Washington), an irregular octagon
- The Temple (Old Orchard Beach, Maine)
- Third Church of Christ, Scientist (Washington, D.C.) (demolished)
- Union Chapel (Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts)
Farm buildings including barns[]
- Fobes Octagon Barn, Lanesboro, Iowa
- Kinney Octagon Barn, Burr Oak, Iowa
- Octagon Barn (Jamaica, Iowa)
- Octagonal Poultry House, Cold Spring, New Jersey
- Roberts Octagon Barn, Sharon Center, Iowa
- Secrest Octagon Barn, Downey, Iowa
- Tim Thering Octagon Barn (Plain, Wisconsin)
Forts[]
- Fort Edgecomb, Maine
Government buildings[]
- Navajo Nation Council Chamber, a National Historic Landmark, Window Rock, Arizona
- Octagon Building (Santa Cruz, California)
Halls[]
- Franklin County G. A. R. Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Hampton, Iowa
- Octagon Hall Museum, Franklin, Kentucky - built by Andrew Jackson Caldwell (NRHP)
- Chautauqua Auditorium, Waxahachie, Texas
High Rises[]
- Tower Life Building, San Antonio, Texas
Hospitals and insane asylums[]
- The Octagon (Roosevelt Island, New York)
Hotels[]
- Brightwood Beach Cottage, Litchfield, Minnesota
- Octagon Hotel, Oyster Bay, New York
Houses[]
- Poplar Forest, Bedford, Virginia
- List of octagon houses, a list of many individual dwellings.
Jails[]
- Daviess County Rotary Jail and Sheriff's Residence, Gallatin, Missouri
Libraries[]
- Andover Public Library (Andover, Maine)
- Atlanta Public Library, Atlanta, Illinois
- Goodnow Library, Sudbury, Massachusetts
- Waring Library, on the former campus of Porter Military Academy, Charleston, South Carolina
- Red Hook Public Library, (Red Hook, New York)
- Ram Dass Library, Omega Institute (Rhinebeck, New York)
Lighthouses[]
- Eldred Rock Light, Alaska
- Cape Henry Light, Virginia
- Point Judith Light, Rhode Island
- Portland Observatory, Maine
Markets[]
Park and fair buildings[]
- Floral Hall, Lexington, Kentucky
- Highland Park Dentzel Carousel and Shelter Building, Meridian, Mississippi
Post offices[]
Schools and colleges[]
- The "Bee Hive", a former schoolhouse built by Quakers in 1859 in Skaneateles, New York
- Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse and Octagonal School, Birmingham Township, Pennsylvania
- Charter Oak Schoolhouse, Schuline, Illinois
- , Ortonville, Minnesota
- , Jackson, Minnesota
- , Florence, Ohio
- Cowles Hall, Elmira College,[1] Elmira, New York
- Hood Octagonal School, Newtown Township (Delaware Co.), Pennsylvania
- Modern Times School, Brentwood, New York
- Octagonal Schoolhouse (Cowgill's Corner, Delaware)
- Octagonal Schoolhouse (Essex, New York)
- Octagon Stone Schoolhouse, South Canaan, Pennsylvania
- Sheldon Jackson School, Sitka, Alaska
- Sodom Schoolhouse, Montandon, Pennsylvania
- Wrightstown Octagonal Schoolhouse, Wrightstown, Pennsylvania
Stores[]
- Andrew Gildersleeve Octagonal Building, Mattituck, New York, combination residence and store
See also[]
- Octagon barn (disambiguation)
- Octagon Building (disambiguation)
- Octagon House (disambiguation)
- Octagonal Schoolhouse (disambiguation)
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