The Octagon (Tiffin, Ohio)

Infobox_nrhp | name = The Octagon
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caption =
location= 297 East Perry Street, Tiffin, Ohio
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 7
lat_seconds = 0
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 83
long_minutes = 10
long_seconds = 5
long_direction = W
locmapin = Ohio
area =
built =1852
architect= Jeremiah R. Good
architecture= Octagon Mode
added = February 12, 1979cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
mpsub=Heidelberg College MRA
refnum=79002764

The Octagon is an historic octagonal house located at 297 East Perry Street in Tiffin, Ohio. It was built in 1852 by Dr. Jeremiah Good, a founding professor of mathematics at Heidelberg College and was in the center of "Faculty Row". James Dicke II and his wife, Janet S. Dicke, provided the funds for the college to buy the building. It is now the oldest building on the campus. [ [http://www.heidelberg.edu/node/1124 Heidelberg College - dedication of Janet S. Dicke Gardens] ]

On February 12, 1979, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

ee also

* List of Registered Historic Places in Seneca County, Ohio

References