| 词条 | Octagon House (Danbury, Connecticut) |
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| nrhp_type = | image = Octagon House, Danbury, CT.jpg | alt = A three-story pale yellow house seen looking up its front walk on an overcast day with patchy snow in front. It has ornate white balconies on the front, where three faces are visible, and wooden doors. | caption = Southern (front) facets, 2008 | location= 21 Spring Street, Danbury, CT | coordinates = {{coord|41|23|41|N|73|27|32|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Connecticut#USA | area = | built =1852 | architect= Unknown | architecture= Other | added = May 7, 1973 | governing_body = Private residence | refnum=73001945[1] }} The Octagon House is a historic octagon house at 21 Spring Street in Danbury, Connecticut, United States. It is considered the best octagon house of those that survive in Connecticut. In 1973 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places to avert its demolition in urban renewal.[2] It is west of downtown Danbury in a residential area approximately midway along Spring between Beaver and New streets. The house itself is set back further from the street than its neighbors. It is a three-story building of one-foot–thick (30.5 cm) concrete walls faced in stucco. An octagonal cupola rises from the center of the almost flat roof, with two brick chimneys rising from the exterior walls at the southwest and southeast facets.[2] Verandas with cast iron railings and supports run around the upper stories. The wide roof eaves, both on the main house and the cupola, have scroll brackets. The ornate ironwork of the verandas contrasts with the simple wooden door and window surrounds.[2]The house was built in 1852 by Daniel Starr. He was following closely the precepts of octagon houses laid out by Orson Squire Fowler in his book A Home for All, all the way to the use of concrete as the main structural material. At the time of its construction Spring Street did not exist, so it fronted on Elm Street to the north.[3] It has been well-maintained and preserved throughout its existence,[2] even after its partition into apartments.[3] See also
References1. ^{{NRISref|2008a}} {{National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut}}2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=73001945}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Octagon House |date=February 13, 1973 |author=Susan B. Bixby |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=73001945|title=Accompanying two photos, exterior, from 1973|photos=y}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|title=The John T. Earle House (1853)|url=http://historicbuildingsct.com/?p=1737|publisher=Historic Buildings of Connecticut|date=June 9, 2009|accessdate=August 9, 2010}} 7 : Octagon houses in Connecticut|National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut|Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut|Houses completed in 1852|Buildings and structures in Danbury, Connecticut|Houses in Fairfield County, Connecticut|1852 establishments in Connecticut |
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