Octagon House (Stamford, Connecticut)

The Octagon House was a historic house at 120 Strawberry Hill Avenue, on the edge of the Glenbrook section of Stamford, Connecticut. It was one of a number of octagon houses in the United States, built during a fad in buildings of that shape from the late 1840s to the 1870s. The octagonal portion of the house was concrete, with external scoring to imitate ashlar. The use of concrete as a building material was also promoted by Orson Squire Fowler, the primary mover behind the octagon house fad.^[2]

Octagon House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
1978 photo
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Location	120 Strawberry Hill Avenue, Stamford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°3′50.29″N 73°32′7.49″W
NRHP reference No.	79002624[1]
Added to NRHP	August 17, 1979

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1] It was destroyed by fire in 1985.^[3][4]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Stamford, Connecticut

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. Renee Kahn and Steven H. Hirschberg (November 24, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: The Octagon House and Addition". National Park Service. and Accompanying four photos, from 1978
3. "Fire guts Stamford landmark; vacant 19th century concrete building destroyed". Stamford Advocate. April 6, 1985.
4. "Arson cited in fire at Octagon House". Stamford Advocate. April 9, 1985.