Title:
O.S. Fowler’s Octagon House
Author(s):
Luke M. Snell
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
44
Issue:
3
Appears on pages(s):
39-41
Keywords:
lime, material, mixing, construction
DOI:
10.14359/51734623
Date:
3/1/2022
Abstract:
One of Orson Squire Fowler’s many interests was to make houses available for common people and allow them the pleasure of building their own homes. He built a gravel wall house using only locally available materials, and he believed that the octagon house with gravel walls would serve his purpose. About 1000 octagon houses were eventually built by the early 1900s.
Related References:
1. Fowler, O.S., The Octagon House, A Home for All, A.R. Shephard & Co., copyright 1853, pp.16-30, 82-89.
2. Sutton, R.K., Stark Mad Abolitionists, Skyhorse Publishing, New York, NY, 2017, pp. 45-47.
3. https://gizmodo.com/what-utopias-have-to-do-with-the-19th-century-craze-for-1564535216, accessed Feb. 3, 2022.
4. www.wallswithstories.com/uncategorized/octagon-houses-a-unique-style-popular-in-the-1850s-in-the-usa-canada.html, accessed Feb. 3, 2022.