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The Octagon House is an eight-sided, five-story house of solid brick built in the early 1850s by pioneer John Richards. It is the best example in Wisconsin of an unusual architectural design that was briefly in vogue before the Civil War. When its 57 rooms, closets, and halls were completed, it was claimed to be Wisconsin's largest single-family residence. Its most interesting feature is the cantilever spiral staircase.
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Watertown, Wisconsin · United States
