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Fully agree, Maddie - this is Longwood House in Mississippi. Longwood is a great example of the style - the outside was finished, but the inside is literally nothing but the bricks and studs that hold up the outside. The man who had it commissioned saw the outside completed, but the Civil War broke out and the inside was never done. You can tour it today, and it literally still has all the artisan tools and construction materials left in place by the works covered in 150 years of dust after they all left to fight in the Civil War. Here's a great article (with a lot of interior pictures) about it: https://www.messynessychic.com/2017/04/05/inside-the-150-year-old-skeleton-of-an-unfinished-octagonal-palace/.
Octagon houses became popular in the mid-19th Century mainly because of a book written by a man named Fowler that extolled their virtues of "optimal use of space" and their efficiency. Quite a few built in the US, but their popularity faded kind of quickly due to the awkwardly shaped rooms (not a lot of furniture was built for Octagon houses) and some had really creative solutions for the room shapes. After the Civil War, Octagon houses were considered outdated and odd by the general population. Many have been demolished, but there are still quite a few still standing in all sizes.
That second house is so unique! I love it.
ReplyDeleteFully agree, Maddie - this is Longwood House in Mississippi. Longwood is a great example of the style - the outside was finished, but the inside is literally nothing but the bricks and studs that hold up the outside. The man who had it commissioned saw the outside completed, but the Civil War broke out and the inside was never done. You can tour it today, and it literally still has all the artisan tools and construction materials left in place by the works covered in 150 years of dust after they all left to fight in the Civil War. Here's a great article (with a lot of interior pictures) about it: https://www.messynessychic.com/2017/04/05/inside-the-150-year-old-skeleton-of-an-unfinished-octagonal-palace/.
DeleteOctagon houses became popular in the mid-19th Century mainly because of a book written by a man named Fowler that extolled their virtues of "optimal use of space" and their efficiency. Quite a few built in the US, but their popularity faded kind of quickly due to the awkwardly shaped rooms (not a lot of furniture was built for Octagon houses) and some had really creative solutions for the room shapes. After the Civil War, Octagon houses were considered outdated and odd by the general population. Many have been demolished, but there are still quite a few still standing in all sizes.
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RBS - Thank you for the link. That was quite interesting.
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