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	Wilcox Octagon House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Wilcox Octagon House
	Interactive map showing the location of Wilcox Octagon House
Location	5420 W. Genesee St., Camillus, New York
Coordinates	43°2′28.38″N 76°16′42.06″W / 43.0412167°N 76.2783500°W
Built	1856
Architectural style	Octagon Mode
NRHP reference No.	83001756
Added to NRHP	July 28, 1983

The Wilcox Octagon House is a historic home in Camillus, New York, USA, that was built in 1856 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1] It was the farmhouse home of Isaiah Wilcox, who had a 40-acre (160,000 m²) farm. It is an octagon house of the type advocated by Orson Fowler, who wrote an influential book promoting use of octagonal home designs.^[2]

The Orchard Village neighborhood now occupies the majority of the old farm's land; the house remains on a plot of less than 1-acre (4,000 m²).^[2]

It is located at 5420 West Genesee Street in Camillus.^[1]

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References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ ^a ^b Harwood, John (April 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wilcox Octagon House / Camillus Historical Society". Retrieved 5 January 2008. and Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1983

External links

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Octagon House, at Town of Camillus

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