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Bowmanville,
Ontario
Supposedly designed by the Rev. W.H. Heu de Bourk as a parsonage
for the Congregational church. The door of this octagonal house is not in the center of the
veranda, but off to one side. The columns at the corners of the
veranda are paired and have abacuses. The veranda also has a
balustrade and an architrave (or fascia.). The roof of the octagon
has a squared belvedere instead of a chimney.
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Granton, Ontario
Built in 1872 by Albert Beatson, one of the pioneers of the area.
Grout walls form the main octagon and also in the back kitchen
which was possibly added later. The main floor contains the living
room and three bedrooms. The basement contains the kitchen and
bedrooms. Only one room is square.
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Hempola Farms - Dalston, Ontario
Hempola Farms built an octagon hemp straw house in 2002.
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Ingersol, Ontario
Perhaps the small octagonal house in Ontario.
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Killiecrankie Cottage - Lake
Joseph, Muskoka, Ontario
Built in 1886 as a family cottage for William and Grace MacKenzie
of Toronto. The octagonal design was strongly influenced by the
philosophic views of the family doctor, Dr. Emily Stowe, however,
Killiecrankie was not constructed in strict accordance with Orsen
Fowler's theories. Eight Scottish carpenters were brought to
Muskoka and employed as builders and architects. The cottage was
destroyed by fire in 1999.
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Picton, Ontario
The layout for this octagonal house is taken from Orson
Fowler's A Home
for All. It is a plain, two storey octagon shape with
single-pane sash windows and a veranda that sweeps around three sides of the
building on the street level. The finish is white stucco and the
roof is a pleasing contrast in black. A lacquered cottage-style
door in natural wood with side lights is the only ornament. A
central fireplace is suggested by the octagonal shaped chimney in
the center of the house.
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Kingsholme - Kingsville, Ontario
Built in 1856 for Col. James King, founder of Kingsville.
According to lore, the builder was half drunk during its erection,
misread the instructions and so the second floor ceiling is higher
than the first. Apart from that, the house is large and solidly
built, interior plaster being applied directly onto brick walls.
Two wings were added in 1881 and probably a parlour fireplace at
the same time.
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Kingston, Ontario
Located near Kingston, this octagon brick schoolhouse was built in
1855 by George Morton, the owner of the local mill. Each wall is about 25 feet.
The house has been used as a residence.
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Leaside Octagon House - Toronto,
Ontario
Built south of Millwood Road near the present Memorial Gardens by
William, son of John Lea who bought several hundred acres and
farmed in what is now Leaside. The bricks
were made from nearby clay beds and laid in Flemish bond as was
characteristic of the period. Joist pockets for a porch were
included but the porch was never built. The house burned down in 1915. The
photograph shows the smoldering remains of the house.
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The LaFontain House - Windsor, Ontario
The LaFontain house was
built in 1875 with a Mansard roof, red brick
exterior and an an elliptical hall and stair. During a restoration
effort it burned and was then demolished.
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Mount Pleasant, Ontario
An octagonal school. The photograph was taken circa 1880.
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The Octagon House - Halifax,
Nova Scotia
The Octagon House was designed by noted architect of the day, Henry
Elliot and built by Dartmouth contractor John Keating in 1871. The home's original owner, Gavin
Holliday was a native of New England and there were several
examples in that area which may have provided the inspiration for
the design of his Dartmouth home. The property was sold by the estate of the last
owner Charles Herman, to a development company which demolished
the house in 1969. An apartment building, commemoratively named
Octagon Tower, is now located on the site.
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The
Octagonal House - Sackville, New Brunswick
Built in 1855, it was named for it unique eight-sided
structure. The style of the house was influenced by Orson Fowler. The Octagonal House was built by Captain
George Anderson, a shipbuilder and mariner. Later he sold the
building to Captain Titus Anderson, his father. It has served as a
home for a number of families since that time and now houses the
Sackville Information Centre and Craft Gallery.
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Octagonal House - New Brunswick
Built by Stephen S. Smith in about 1864. Located on the road
between Honeydale and Moores Mills in New Brunswick. Photograph
taken in 1976.
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Peterborough, Ontario
This house is a good example of the two chimney with lantern type.
Built by William Lee for his brother John, a millwright. The walls
are made with thick wide planks piled on top of one another with
an inch of plaster between. At one time, a verandah and balcony
ran round the house. Five rooms were located on the main floor
with four bedrooms upstairs. The house was destroyed in 1962.
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The Roblin House - Ameliasburg, Ontario
Built by Owen Roblin, whose mill is restored at Pioneer Village
in Toronto, for his son Robert and his wife. A typical octagonal
house with surrounding porch, central lantern, illuminating attic,
two chimneys on opposite outside walls. The interior has been
extensively altered.
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The Round House - Maple, Ontario
Locally called the Round House and attributed to Henry J. Bird.
Plans show alterations made over the years - the east window on
the ground floor became a door and the house was converted into a
duplex. The house never contained any fireplaces. All the lumber
used was said to have been cut on the property. The construction
costs were to have been $3,000.
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Thomas Pickett Octagonal
House - Lowville, Ontario
Built in the 1850s for Thomas Pickett using the method of rubble
construction according to the principles of Orson Fowler’s
Home for All: or Gravel Wall and Octagonal Mode of Building.
One large pine tree, cut at the Pickett sawmill in Lowville, is
said to have provided the wood for all the doors and floors in the
house.
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Woodchester
Villa - Bracebridge, Ontario
This three storey octagonal house is one of the largest of its
kind in Ontario and a classic example of the octagonal form in
Ontario. The octagonal form is evident in many details such
as the chimneys, observation platform, flagpole, verandah posts,
newel posts and interior door mouldings. The house may be one of
the earliest examples of a poured concrete house found in Ontario. Woodchester
Villa has been designated under the Ontario Heritage Act and
commemorated with an Ontario Provincial plaque. Woodchester Villa
is currently a historic house museum.
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Woodlawn House - Otterville, Ontario
This octagonal, board and batten cottage once sat among the trees,
on the edge of a high bank of the Otter River, at Milldale. Thomas
Wright built the house in 1861, and named it "Woodlawn
Place." In May of 1976 the house was moved to its present
location. It is used as an adult community centre.
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