List of octagonal buildings and structures in the United States

The Octagon (Roosevelt Island, New York), once an insane asylum

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.

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

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

Jails

• Daviess County Rotary Jail and Sheriff's Residence, Gallatin, Missouri

Libraries

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

Lighthouses

• Eldred Rock Light, Alaska
• Cape Henry Light, Virginia
• Point Judith Light, Rhode Island
• Portland Observatory, Maine

Markets

City Market in Petersburg, Virginia

• City Market (Petersburg, Virginia)

Park and fair buildings

• Highland Park Dentzel Carousel and Shelter Building, Meridian, Mississippi

Post offices

• Old Post Office (Liberty, Maine)

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
• 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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