Wilcox Octagon House

Coordinates: 43°2′28.38″N 76°16′42.06″W / 43.0412167°N 76.2783500°W

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Wilcox Octagon House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Wilcox Octagon House
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Location	5420 W. Genesee St., Camillus, New York
Coordinates	43°2′28.38″N 76°16′42.06″W / 43.0412167°N 76.2783500°W / 43.0412167; -76.2783500
Built	1856
Architectural style	Octagon Mode
NRHP reference No.	83001756^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 28, 1983

The Wilcox Octagon House is a historic home in Camillus, New York, USA, that was built in 1856 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1] It was the farmhouse home of Isaiah Wilcox, who had a 40-acre (160,000 m²) farm. It is an octagon house of the type advocated by Orson Fowler, who wrote an influential book promoting use of octagonal home designs.^[2]

The Orchard Village neighborhood now occupies the majority of the old farm's land; the house remains on a plot of less than 1-acre (4,000 m²).^[2]

It is located at 5420 West Genesee Street in Camillus.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ ^a ^b Harwood, John (April 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wilcox Octagon House / Camillus Historical Society". Retrieved 5 January 2008. and Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1983

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Octagon House, at Town of Camillus

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