In the mid-19th century, a quirky architectural fad swept the country: the octagonal house. Homes shaped like octagons were said to be healthier and more efficient than conventional houses — and some ...

Octagon-shaped houses are the legacy of one man — not an architect, but a guy who believed he could decode your personality by feeling the geography of your skull with his fingertips. The Victorian ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I think old houses, and the people who love them, are fascinating. Designers, architects, inventers and imaginative homeowners are ...

The Crevits of Glendale recently built an addition to their historic Octagonal House. “The Octagonal House,” originally named Parnassus, was first built of clapboard 1884. The house burned to the ...

When Orson Squire Fowler wrote his book, “Home for All, or A New, Cheap, Convenient, and Superior Mode of Building” in 1848, he argued that octagon-shaped houses were not only healthier, but also ...

PORTLAND — Those driving along Route 66 in Portland may be curious about a pair of odd looking Italianate brownstone houses about two-tenths of a mile from Main Street. The home are odd because they ...