Thu Dec 19 2024

In 1848, a man named Orson Squire Fowler ignited a homebuilding fad when he dreamed up a bold new home design, one that might be cheaper, more efficient and even make you happier. Inventory of Octagonal Houses in RI - One’s I’ve found to still be there: 1. Lemuel C Richmond Octagon House, 41 High Street, Bristol 2. Cranston (Battey) Octagon House, 80 Phenix Avenue. The only surviving of 3 once in Cranston. Built around 1854. Today there are four apartments in the building 3. East Providence Octagon House, 21 Sunnyside Avenue. Built around 1900 as a bandstand for the short-lived Boyden Heights Amusement Park, and converted to a private residence by 1916. 4. Providence, 36 Crescent Street. Eliza H. Dix House, built 1855. 5. Providence, 63 Elmwood Ave. Built 1857 for Silas M. Field, jeweler. Is now a 4 family residence. 6. Providence, 669 Public Street. Now a 4 family residence. 7. Providence, 76 Harrison Street. Modern house. 8. Warwick, 25 South Fair Street, Pawtuxet Village....