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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The octagon house in American culture : the influence of Orson S. Fowler in the Midwest

McCarley, Rebecca Lawin January 2001 (has links)
In the middle of the nineteenth century, an architectural phenomenon swept through the United States: the octagon house. Orson S. Fowler, best known for his work as a phrenologist, began this trend with the publication of A Home for All in 1848. Though this house form may seem unusual and even inexplicable today, the octagon house must be regarded in relation to the culture of this period. In this context, an understanding of the significance and embrace of this unique residential architecture can be gained. Although octagon houses were built throughout the United States, the intersection of several unique cultural and historical factors existed in the Midwest in this period, creating a region particularly receptive to this novel house form. The octagon house, though only briefly popular, made a lasting impact on the built environment that represents a tangible link to the culture of the middle of the nineteenth century. / Department of Architecture

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