In “The Octagon House,” published in 1848, Orson Squire Fowler wondered why anyone would build a four-sided home when they could have an eight-sided one. The Armour-Stiner House in Irvington ...

The house is named after Stiner and another former owner, financier Paul J. Armour. Subsequent owners were equally creative. One, in fact, was a Finnish explorer who lived with a female pirate.

The house is named after Stiner and another former owner, financier Paul J. Armour. Subsequent owners were equally creative. One, in fact, was a Finnish explorer who lived with a female pirate.

The Octagon House soon gained a reputation for being haunted, after Hansen and other visitors claimed to feel a "presence," as well as a sensation of getting shoved.

Buildings were more visually appealing when they were round, like fruit, Mr. Fowler maintained. In his 1848 book, “The Octagon House: A Home for All,” he wrote: “The more acute the angle ...

Originally built in 1860 as a relatively modest octagon house, it was completely reimagined in 1872 by Joseph Stiner, a prominent New York City tea merchant, who fashioned it after an ancient ...

Octagon houses were a thing in the 19th century. Thomas Jefferson built one, Poplar Forest, in Virginia in 1806. But the eight-sided design really took off in 1848 with the publication of "The ...

The octagon house is in the second of six episodes in the current season. Retta and crew were there for about 12 hours. It has about 6 minutes of screen time, with Emma and Don as stars as well in ...

GREEN SPRINGS - The historic Octagon House and Farm, one of Ohio's most unique residence, held a Spring Open House on Saturday, with the public invited to take a free tour of the home built in the ...