Location Washington, Michigan NRHP Reference # 71000413 Architectural style Octagon house | Built 1860 Opened 1860 Added to NRHP 3 September 1971 | |
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Similar Friends of the Octagon, Stephen Phillips House, Slater Mill Historic Site, The Octagon House, Historic New England | ||
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The Loren Andrus Octagon House, also known as Washington Octagon House, is an historic octagonal house located at 57500 Van Dyke Street just north of 26 Mile Road in Washington Township, Macomb County, Michigan. It was built in 1860 by David Stewart for his brother-in-law, Loren Andrus.
The house was used as a "station" on the Underground railway.
It is now owned by the Friends of the Loren Andrus Octagon House, Inc., which bought it in 1987.
On September 3, 1971, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Washington Octagon House.
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