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.
The Octagon (Roosevelt Island, New York), once an insane asylum
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
- Conference Point Chapel 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.)
- Union Chapel (Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts)
Farm buildings including barns
Octagonal barn in Plain, Wisconsin
- 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
- George H. Gallup House, Jefferson, Iowa
- House of the Seven Gables (Mayo, Florida)
- Octagon House (Columbus, Georgia)
- Richard Peacon House, Key West, Florida
- Albert S. Potter Octagon House, Richmond, Rhode Island
- Poplar Forest, Bedford, Virginia
Loch Lomond Felton, California
Jails
Daviess County Rotary Jail
- Daviess County Rotary Jail and Sheriff's Residence, Gallatin, Missouri
Libraries
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Waring Library
- 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
Park and fair buildings
- Floral Hall, Lexington, Kentucky
- Highland Park Dentzel Carousel and Shelter Building, Meridian, Mississippi
Post offices
Schools and colleges
The former schoolhouse built in 1859 in Skaneateles, New York is now a private residence
- 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
- District No. 13 School, Ortonville, Minnesota
- District No. 92 School, Jackson, Minnesota
- Florence Corners School, 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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