Conservation Work & Houses
The Octagon
The Octagon
The Octagon
Mt. Washington Maryland
Preparation of a Historic Structure Report for The Octagon in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland.
The Octagon was designed in an Italianate Style by Thomas Dixon, Architect in the octagonal shape advocated by Orson Squire Fowler in his book, “The Octagon House, A Home For All”. It was built in 1855 and used first as the Mount Washington Female College and subsequently as Mount Saint Agnes Academy.
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