Global InformationEstabrook Octagon House information
Estabrook Octagon House | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
 Northwest corner, 2008 | |
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 Interactive map showing the location of Estabrook Octagon House | |
| Location | 8 River St., Hoosick Falls, New York |
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| Nearest city | Bennington, VT |
| Coordinates | 42°53′47″N 73°21′11″W / 42.89639°N 73.35306°W |
| Area | 2 acres (8,000 m²)[1] |
| Built | 1853–54[1] |
| Architect | Estabrook, Ezra |
| Architectural style | Octagon Mode |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002755 |
| Added to NRHP | February 8, 1980[2] |
The Estabrook Octagon House, built in 1853 by Ezra Robinson Estabrook,[3] is a historic octagonal house located at 8 River Street (NY 22) in Hoosick Falls, New York. It was constructed in strict accordance with the theories of Orson Squire Fowler, author of A Home for All.
It is preserved intact, and is one of the few remaining octagon houses that was built exactly as Fowler advocated. On February 8, 1980, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[2]
The house has been altered slightly, however. It was a pleasing feature of the house that the balustrade design, which appears on the roof of the house, had been repeated in different scales also on the roof of the porch and on the cupola.[4]
- ^ a b Harwood, John (November 15, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Estabrook Octagon House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on December 10, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2009. and Accompanying six photos, exterior and interior, from 1979
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Hoosick History". Archived from the original on 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ The recent photo shows balustrade at main roof level only. A photograph and specific note on the balustrade design repetition appears in A Field Guide to American Houses, Virginia and Lee McAlester, 1984, Alfred A. Knopf's Borzoi Books: New York (page 237). The balustrades were in place in 1979 when the NRHP application photos were taken.