octagon house

noun

1. a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.

Example Sentences

Then a coach came thundering along the avenue, another and yet another, and stopped at the Octagon House.

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Perhaps the meetings at the Octagon House, and the sweet, affable mistress had much to do with softening asperities.

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And the Octagon House has not the room of the poor burned mansion.

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At once, as the Octagon House, it became famous for the lavish hospitality of its owner.

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In 1801 he occupied the Octagon House, then the finest private residence in the city.

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