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Chickasaw Octagon House

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1871–1874. Court Street
  • Chickasaw Octagon House (David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim)

The small town of Chickasaw contains one of Iowa's few remaining octagonal houses. The handsome walls of this dwelling are of smooth-faced cut limestone laid up in a somewhat irregular manner. Instead of a central cupola, a chimney protrudes from the center of the roof. The lower windows are elongated units; those on the second floor are smaller and some of them are grouped in pairs. The present entrance porch with gable roof is not original to the house.

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David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim
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David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim, "Chickasaw Octagon House", [Ionia, Iowa], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/IA-01-NO056.

Print Source

Buildings of Iowa, David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993, 366-367.

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