The Octagon House in Watertown, Wisconsin

Photographer

Dewey, C. E.

Date

• 1938

Summary

• The Octagon House, on a high hill, overlooks the Rock River. In this house of octagon shape, as the name indicates, all the walls are of Milwaukee brick, hauled there by teams taking four days to make the trip from Milwaukee. There 57 rooms, and it was built in 1853.