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The Octagon House A Home for All

Orson Squire Fowler

In the mid-19th Century America was host to a curious architectural trend: the octagonal house. Such eight-sided homes-as well as schools, churches, barns, and businesses-were popping up across the country so quickly that by 1857 over 1,000 had been built. Though the craze has long since subsided, t...

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It was written by Orson S. Fowler and became a sensation in the 1850s, popularizing the idea of octagon-shaped homes and their purported benefits.

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Because just like foregoing carbohydrates or vampire erotica or throwing out whatever doesn't spark joy This fad also started with a book Written by a man named Orson S Fowler This is the book he wrot...

— Episode: The Octagon House

Episode: The Octagon House

It was written by Orson S. Fowler and became a sensation in the 1850s, popularizing the idea of octagon-shaped homes and their purported benefits.

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Because just like foregoing carbohydrates or vampire erotica or throwing out whatever doesn't spark joy This fad also started with a book Written by a man named Orson S Fowler This is the book he wrote that popularized octagon houses Nationwide,

Fowler published his book the octagon house a home for all in 1853 and it became a sensation Hundreds of octagon houses started popping up all over the country.

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