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By: kkeps
In 1849, the New York City phrenologist Orson Squire Fowler, published a book titled The Octagon House: A Home for All in which he touted the many benefits of houses built with eight sides rather than the customary four. Impressed by Mr. Fowler's arguments, George Kenny built this house in 1858 and sold it to to Louis Feusier in 1870.
