- David Van Gelder Octagon House
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David Van Gelder Octagon House
Location: Catskill, New York Coordinates: 42°13′4″N 73°52′26″W / 42.21778°N 73.87389°WCoordinates: 42°13′4″N 73°52′26″W / 42.21778°N 73.87389°W Built: 1860 Architectural style: Octagon Mode Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 97001620 Added to NRHP: January 16, 1998[1] The David Van Gelder Octagon House, also known as Springside is located at 21 Walnut Street in Catskill, New York. The brick house was built in 1860. It is architecturally significant as an example of an octagon house. The eight-sided plan was made popular in the mid-19th century by phrenologist Orson Squire Fowler. He called the floor plan "a superior plan". It includes four large square rooms and four small triangular rooms on each of the two floors. Two corners of each of the triangular rooms are small triangular closets. A central stair rises through the house to the cupola on the roof. A kitchen wing was added, likely in the mid 1870's.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
Grand entrance
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Bonafide, John A. (July,1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination:David Van Gelder Octagon House". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=592. Retrieved 2008-06-08. and Accompanying 10 photos, exterior and interior
Categories:- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Octagon houses in New York
- Houses completed in 1860
- Houses in Greene County, New York
- Greene County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
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