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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,
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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 ...
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Historic American Buildings Survey
Lukens Pierce House, Wilmington Road (East Fallowfield Township), includes 2 photos, and supplemental data.
115 Wilmington Road, East Fallowfield, PA 19320
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