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Sources: "More About Octagons," Carl Schmidt. Ellen Puerzer.
Entered: September, 2002.
Updated: April, 2010
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July, 2016 |
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Photograph ca1970. |
Photograph ca1970. |
2012 photograph. |
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Double parlor - 2012. |
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The owners provide the following information:
The house was started in 1847 finished in
1859 by A J Caldwell. All materials were formed on site, even the corner
bricks are 5 sided in order to preclude a corner seam. All Flemish bond and
built with hired & slave labor. Each side of the octagon are 18' wide. All
interior walls are also 3 brick thick with original plaster over bricks with
hand-split slats under plaster on the ceilings which have been re-painted
the original colors. The floors are pit sawn poplar (originally painted
chocolate brown) & still painted. Foundation is hewn limestone 8' x 32" x
32: thick. The house is completely original except for changing room use to
facilitate bathrooms and kitchens which were added in 1920's by Dr. Williams
who bought the house from original owners in 1919.The house was never
abandoned but the cupola was hit by lightning and burned in 1920 and never
replaced by Dr. Williams. The attic framing is still visible with char
marks. The next owners were heirs of Mrs. Williams who passed in 1981. The
heirs then used the house as tenant house for whoever leased the farm, then
to a standard rental until 2000. We then took possession as a non-profit
foundation with a 100 year historical deed in trust from the last heir and
owner. The grounds include a slave cemetery, two original log slave cabins,
smokehouse, carriage shed, & barns constructed in 1862 and 1919
respectively.(and a sugar maple which sprouted in 1641).
The house is open for tours and houses Civil War artifacts from the area and the grounds, electronic and paper reference library. Billy D. Byrd Director
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1980 |
1980 |
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