Fowler's Folly
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Fowler's Folly, built during 1848-1853, was the octagonal home
of Orson S. Fowler in Fishkill, New York
. It was a "monumental" house for its time, with 4 stories and 60 rooms. Fowler first published his book, The Octagon House: A House for All in 1848.
The house was condemned as a public health hazard and dynamited in 1897. Orson Squire Fowler
was author of an architectural pattern book that ignited a fad for octagon house
s in the United States and perhaps also in Canada.
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...
of Orson S. Fowler in Fishkill, New York
Fishkill, New York
Fishkill is an upscale village within the much larger town, Town of Fishkill, one of the fastest growing towns in the region, in Dutchess County, New York, USA. The village population was 1,735 at the 2000 census...
. It was a "monumental" house for its time, with 4 stories and 60 rooms. Fowler first published his book, The Octagon House: A House for All in 1848.
The house was condemned as a public health hazard and dynamited in 1897. Orson Squire Fowler
Orson Squire Fowler
Orson Squire Fowler was a phrenologist who popularized the octagon house in the middle of the nineteenth century....
was author of an architectural pattern book that ignited a fad for octagon house
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...
s in the United States and perhaps also in Canada.