The Lukens Pierce House, also known as the Fallowfield Octagonal House. is an historic
octagon house
Octagon houses were a unique house style briefly popular in the 1850s in the United States and Canada. They are characterised by an octagonal (eight-sided) plan, and often feature a flat roof and a veranda all round. Their unusual shape and app ...
located northwest of
Ercildoun on Wilmington Road in
East Fallowfield Township,
Chester County Chester County may refer to:
* Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
* Chester County, South Carolina, United States
* Chester County, Tennessee, United States
* Cheshire or the County Palatine of Chester, a ceremonial county in the North Wes ...
,
Pennsylvania
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. The building was constructed of stuccoed fieldstone and has a cupola. There are four large rectangular rooms and four smaller triangular rooms on each floor.
On March 14, 1973, it was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
.
References
External links
Historic American Buildings SurveyLukens Pierce House, Wilmington Road (East Fallowfield Township), includes 2 photos, and supplemental data.
115 Wilmington Road, East Fallowfield, PA 19320 realtor's video, 5:31
Houses completed in 1856
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Octagon houses in the United States
Houses in Chester County, Pennsylvania
National Register of Historic Places in Chester County, Pennsylvania
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