Williams and Stancliff Octagon Houses
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The Joseph Williams Octagon House and the Gilbert Stancliff Octagon House are identical historic mid-1850s octagon houses located next to each other at 26 and 28 Marlborough Street in Portland, Connecticut
. Constructed of Portland brownstone, their architect is unknown but may have been Gilbert Stancliff's brother Charles. Their architectural style has been described as Octagon Mode and Italianate
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The pair of houses, also known as the Octagon House Pair, was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1976. When listed the property included just the two contributing buildings on 2 acre (0.809372 ha).
Portland, Connecticut
Portland is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,732 at the 2000 census. The town center is listed as a census-designated place . It is situated across the Connecticut River from Middletown....
. Constructed of Portland brownstone, their architect is unknown but may have been Gilbert Stancliff's brother Charles. Their architectural style has been described as Octagon Mode and Italianate
Italianate architecture
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
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The pair of houses, also known as the Octagon House Pair, 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...
in 1976. When listed the property included just the two contributing buildings on 2 acre (0.809372 ha).