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The Wilcox Octagon House is a historic home in
Camillus, New York
Camillus is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 24,167 at the 2010 census.
The Town of Camillus is west of Syracuse. There is also a village named Camillus in the town. Much of the town is a western suburb of ...
, USA, that was built in 1856 and was listed on 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 ...
in 1983.
It was the farmhouse home of Isaiah Wilcox, who had a farm. It is an
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 ...
of the type advocated by
Orson Fowler, who wrote an influential book promoting use of octagonal home designs.
The Orchard Village neighborhood now occupies the majority of the old farm's land; the house remains on a plot of less than .
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''Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1983''
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It is located at 5420 West Genesee Street in Camillus.
Photos
See also
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* Octagon House (disambiguation)
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 ...
References
External links
Octagon House, at Town of Camillus
Octagon houses in New York (state)
Historic house museums in New York (state)
Houses in Onondaga County, New York
Museums in Onondaga County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Onondaga County, New York
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
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