Brill Octagon House
Historic house in West Virginia, United States
United States historic place
The Brill Octagon House | |
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39°8′16″N 78°29′27″W / 39.13778°N 78.49083°W / 39.13778; -78.49083 | |
| Area | 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) |
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| Built | 1890 (1890) |
| Architectural style | Octagon |
| NRHP reference No. | 16000313[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 31, 2016 |
The Brill Octagon House is a historic octagon house at Capon Springs and McIlwee Roads in Capon Springs, West Virginia. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, that is actually cruciform in shape, but is given an octagonal appearance by the presence of two-story triangular porches that join the corners of the cross. The house was built about 1890 by one of a father-son pair, both named Elias Brill. The elder Brill, a more likely candidate as its builder, was a farm laborer, and was according to family lore guided in the building's design by an architect who was a summer guest at the Capon Springs Resort. The design is apparently a throwback to the briefly popular octagon house movement led by Orson Squire Fowler in the 1850s.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Octagon House (Capon Springs, West Virginia).
- List of octagon houses
- List of historic sites in Hampshire County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Hampshire County, West Virginia
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for The Brill Octagon House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
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