Octagon Hall
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| Nearest city | Franklin, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 36°48′25″N 86°33′25″W / 36.80694°N 86.55694°W |
| Area | 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) |
| Built | 1862 |
| NRHP reference No. | 80001667[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 10, 1980 |
Octagon Hall is an eight-sided house in Simpson County, Kentucky near Franklin, Kentucky completed around 1860.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] It has also been known as the Andrew Jackson Caldwell House after the man who built the house. There is a second contributing building on the property, a detached summer kitchen.[3]
Octagon Hall is located northeast of Franklin, Kentucky on U.S. Route 31W.
It is a red brick, two-story octagonal house with a high basement. The octagonal plan was likely inspired by Orson Squire Fowler's 1848 book, The Octagon House: A Home for All, which developed a trend in American architecture starting in the 1850s.[4] It is one of two surviving octagonal structures in Kentucky.[3]
The three front facades have brick laid in Flemish bond, while brickwork is common bond elsewhere.[5]
