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David Garland Rose House
summer 2010
Location: 156 Garfield St., Valparaiso, Indiana Coordinates: 41°27′58″N 87°3′5″W / 41.46611°N 87.05139°WCoordinates: 41°27′58″N 87°3′5″W / 41.46611°N 87.05139°W Area: less than one acre Built: 1860 Architect: Rose,David Garland Architectural style: Gothic Revival, Octagonal Mode Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 80000030[1] Added to NRHP: July 17, 1980 The David Garland Rose House was built circa 1860 in Valparaiso, Indiana, USA. David Rose was a local businessman. This Gothic Revival house is unusual in that it is eight-sided, an octagon. Each of the eight gables include decorated wood panels. Covered porches have been added to three sides.
The octagon house rose in popularity in 1849 with the publication of Orson Squire Fowler's book A Home For All. The idea was to develop affordable and comfortable housing for the working class. Fowler proposed the use of concrete due to its long life and low cost. Most octagon houses are of wood or brick construction. The "octagon craze" was short-lived and pre-dates the American Civil War. Fewer than 120 octagon houses survive.[2]
David Rose
David Rose was a successful business man in Valparaiso. At the start of the American Civil War, he was appointed as Colonel Rose, Commandant of the 54th Indiana Volunteer Infantry at Camp Morton, Indiana.[3]
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4NBW
- ^ http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~indiana42nd/campmorton.htm
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