Built 1860 NRHP Reference # 84002762 Area 2,024 m² | Opened 1860 Added to NRHP 19 July 1984 | |
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Architectural styles Gothic Revival architecture, Octagon house, Carpenter Gothic People also search for Harnden-Browne House | ||
The Octagon House (or the Dr. Horace Wakefield House) is a historic octagon house at 97 Pleasant Street in Reading, Massachusetts, Built in 1860 by Doctor Horace Wakefield, it is a distinctive variant of the type, executed as a series of small octagonal shapes around a central cupola. The building is fashioned from large, heavy timbers in the manner of a log cabin, with long first-floor windows. The porches and eaves have heavy zigzag trim and brackets, some of which have carvings resembling gargoyles.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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