List of octagonal buildings and structures
Octagon buildings and structures are characterized by an octagonal plan form, whether a perfect geometric octagon or a regular eight-sided polygon with approximately equal sides.
The oldest known octagon-shaped building[citation needed] is the Tower of the Winds in Athens, Greece, which was constructed circa 300 B.C. Octagon houses were popularized in the United States in the mid-19th century and there are too many to list here, see instead List of octagon houses. There are also octagonal houses built in other times and cultures.
This article is a list of octagonal buildings and structures worldwide, excluding houses and windmills.
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[edit] Australia
- Chinaman's Hat (Port Phillip), Victoria, an octagonal gazebo-like structure in the South Channel of Port Phillip Bay.
- The Octagon Theatre at the University of Western Australia.
[edit] Canada
[edit] Houses
At least 19 historic octagon houses are known to exist in Canada distributed across 4 eastern provinces.[1] In Canada, the octagon house craze also engendered an octagonal deadhouse phenomenon. This included octagonal deadhouses, pre-burial edifices, built in the mid to late 1800s along Yonge Street in south-central Ontario, from just north of Toronto to Aurora. At least 3 octagon houses are classified as heritage sites, one in Richmond Hill and the other in King. Extant octagon houses in Canada include the following:
- In New Brunswick[2]
- Pocologan, New Brunswick, octagon house[2][3]
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- Sackville, New Brunswick, Captain George Anderson House, built in 1855, is a locally designated heritage site
- In Nova Scotia[2]
- Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia: Fraser Octagon House, built in 1857, provincially designated heritage site
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- In Quebec[2]
- Guérin, Quebec octagon house
[edit] Other buildings and structures
- Bastion Nanaimo, British Columbia
- Chapel at Dundurn, Hamilton, Ontario
- Miscou Island Lighthouse — Strategic Baie des Chaleurs octagonal colonial lighthouse
- Huron County Gaol - Distinctive octagonal jail design, 1839–41
- Pachena Point Light on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- Speedside United Church, in Centre Wellington, Ontario
[edit] China
- Liaodi Pagoda, China
- Lingxiao Pagoda, China
- Also many other pagodas
[edit] Germany
[edit] Greece
- Tower of the Winds, Athens, Greece
[edit] Hungary
- Rumbach Street synagogue, Budapest
[edit] Iran
- Ferdows Religious School, Toon
[edit] Israel
- Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem. 687-691 CE
[edit] Italy
- Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence
- The Battistero or Baptistery of Parma
- Basilica of San Vitale, Rome
- Castel del Monte (Apulia), Andria (BT)
- Church of St. Giacomo, Vicovaro
[edit] Spain
- Alcazar of Jerez de la Frontera has an Octagonal Tower, in Almohad style
[edit] Sweden
- Hedvig Eleonora Church, Stockholm
[edit] United Kingdom
- United Reform Church in Cheadle Hulme
- Dutch Cottage, Rayleigh, Essex
- 18th century replicas of the Athenian Tower of the Winds in the ornamental gardens of the following stately homes:
- Naze tower, Walton on the Naze
- Octagonal chapter houses at the following cathedrals:[4]
- Octagon Centre, Sheffield
- Octagonal lantern tower, Ely Cathedral, Ely
- Octagon Chapel, Norwich
- Octagon Theatre, Bolton
- Pagoda at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London
- Storm Tower at Compass Point, Bude, Cornwall
- The main tower of Hadlow Castle, Kent
[edit] United States
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Kline, Robert V.. "Inventory of Older Octagon, Hexagon, and Round Houses". rvkline. http://www.octagon.bobanna.com/main_page.html. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e Kline, Robert V.. "Inventory of Older Octagon, Hexagon, and Round Houses: Canada". rvkline. http://www.octagon.bobanna.com/CANADA.html. Retrieved June 23, 2008.
- ^ See photo of Sackville one here
- ^ Ousby, Ian, Blue Guide: England, 11th ed. 1995, various pages, London: A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3874-5; New York: WW Norton ISBN 0-393-31340-9
