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  2. List of octagon houses - Wikipedia

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    Octagon House in Watertown, Wisconsin, built 1853 David Van Gelder Octagon House in Catskill, New York, built 1860, photographed on January 13, 2008. This is a list of octagon houses. The style became popular in the United States and Canada following the publication of Orson Squire Fowler's 1848 book The Octagon House, A Home for All.

  3. List of Gilded Age mansions - Wikipedia

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    more images: James J. Hill House: 1891: Richardsonian Romanesque: Peabody and Stearns: Saint Paul: Operated by the Minnesota Historical Society [35] more images: Glensheen Mansion: 1908: Jacobean Revival: Clarence H. Johnston Sr. Charles W. Leavitt Jr. Duluth: Operated by the University of Minnesota Duluth as a historic house museum [7] Kittson ...

  4. Maison de Jeanne - Wikipedia

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    Maison de Jeanne (French pronunciation: [mɛzɔ̃ də ʒan], lit. ' Jeanne's House ') is a 15th century house in Sévérac-le-Château, Aveyron, France.It was named for the last known owner of the building and is thought to be one of the oldest houses in Aveyron.

  5. List of the oldest buildings in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A historic house at 39 Essex Street. Old Halsey House: Southampton: NY 1688 Residential Built by Thomas Halsey, an English pioneer, the house is now a museum. Iglesia San Germán de Auxerre: San Germán: PR 1688 Religious Located in the San Germán Historic District, this parish church was built in 1688. The church has been on U.S. territory ...

  6. Longwood (Natchez, Mississippi) - Wikipedia

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    Longwood, also known as Nutt's Folly, is a historic antebellum octagonal mansion located at 140 Lower Woodville Road in Natchez, Mississippi, United States.Built in part by enslaved people, [4] [5] the mansion is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and is a National Historic Landmark.

  7. American colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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    The Cape Cod style homes were a common home in the early 17th of New England colonists, these homes featured a simple, rectangular shape commonly used by colonists. [3] Dutch Colonial structures, built primarily in the Hudson River Valley , Long Island , and northern New Jersey , reflected construction styles from Holland and Flanders and used ...

  8. Morris–Jumel Mansion - Wikipedia

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    The house's facade and interior are New York City designated landmarks, and the building is a National Historic Landmark and a contributing property to the Jumel Terrace Historic District. Roger Morris developed the house for himself and his wife Mary Philipse Morris, but only lived there until 1775.

  9. Westover Plantation - Wikipedia

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    Westover Plantation is a historic colonial tidewater plantation located on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia.Established in c. 1730–1750, it is the homestead of the Byrd family of Virginia.