Capt. George Scott House
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The Capt. George Scott House, also known as the Octagon House and the Collar Box House, is an historic octagonal house
located on Federal Street in Wiscasset, Maine
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Built in 1855, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
on February 23, 1972.
Octagon house
Octagon houses were a unique house style briefly popular in the 1850s in the United States and Canada. They are characterised by an octagonal plan, and often feature a flat roof and a veranda all round...
located on Federal Street in Wiscasset, Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
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Built in 1855, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on February 23, 1972.