- Octagon House (Stamford, Connecticut)
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Octagon House
Location: 120 Strawberry Hill Avenue, Stamford, Connecticut Coordinates: 41°3′50.29″N 73°32′7.49″W / 41.0639694°N 73.5354139°WCoordinates: 41°3′50.29″N 73°32′7.49″W / 41.0639694°N 73.5354139°W Architect: Unknown Architectural style: Other Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 79002624[1] Added to NRHP: August 17, 1979 Octagon House, in Stamford, Connecticut, was one of a number of octagon houses in the United States, located at 120 Strawberry Hill Avenue, on the edge of the Glenbrook section of Stamford.
The octagonal portion of the house was concrete, with external scoring to imitate ashlar. It was one of relatively few octagon houses in Connecticut surviving from the octagon houses fad of the 19th century.[2]
The house was destroyed by fire in 1985.[3][4] It had been added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and as of 2009 it still remained listed.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Renee Kahn and Steven H. Hirschberg (November 24, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Octagon House and Addition". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/79002624.pdf. and Accompanying four photos, from 1978
- ^ "Fire guts Stamford landmark; vacant 19th century concrete building destroyed". Stamford Advocate. 1985-04-06.
- ^ "Arson cited in fire at Octagon House". Stamford Advocate. 1985-04-09.
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