It is one of only two antebellum octagonal houses built in Alabama and the only one to survive.

In the centre of Somerton the wide market square, with its octagonal roofed market cross, is surrounded by old houses, while close by is the 13th century Church of St Michael and All Angels.

Although there are other octagonal houses worldwide, the term octagon house usually refers specifically to octagonal houses built in North America during this period, and up to the early 1900s.

The leading exponent of octagonal houses was Orson Squire Fowler.

As a result of this popular and influential publication, a few thousand octagonal houses were erected in the United States, mostly in the Midwest, the East Coast and in nearby parts of Canada.

Fowler was influential, but not the only proponent of octagonal houses and other structures.

There are also octagonal barns and schoolhouses, and in Canada, octagonal " dead houses ".

Within the central idea of the octagonal plan, these houses show a wide variety of both construction and outward form.

* List of octagonal houses

* The frazione of Savelli houses the ruins of Madonna della Neve, an elegant octagonal building designed by Bramante and destroyed by the 1979 earthquake.

In 1817 the Earl of Carlisle built the octagonal Moot Hall, which is in the centre of Brampton and houses the Tourist Information Centre.

The lower, rectangular portion of the building currently houses the River Hotel, while the octagonal upper stories are occupied by a branch of the Club Quarters chain of membership corporate accommodations.

The Octagon is a two-story octagonal building on the site which houses the computer suite and the " Loyola " library.

Other historic buildings in the village include many old houses, the Wyndham Arms, Wesleyan church and an octagonal village lock-up that was used to detain drunks and suspected criminals.

It is the only surviving " cottage " in Orange and Seminole counties, a Queen Anne Style three-story, 13-room winter vacation house featuring an octagonal tower and " ginger-bread " trim typical of the flamboyant houses of the Victorian Period.

* The town ’ s main church dates from 1881 and houses 14th-century baptismal fonts.

It houses an ancient baptismal font ( 9th century ) and painted terracotta portraying the Madonna with Child, attributed to Guido Mazzoni.

It houses a precious polyptych by Pere Vall, depicting St. Anne, the Virgin and St. Amador, and a 15th-century baptismal font.

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Its church dates back to Norman times and features an original Norman font, a timber framed bellcote and a shingled spire, and some of the houses, which include several thatched cottages, are more than 600 years old.

They bought rustled cattle from the outlaw, kept him supplied with guns and ammunition, harbored his men in their houses.

Fosdick had found the installations surrounded by a battery of saloons and houses of prostitution, with filles de joie from all over the country flocking to San Antonio, Laredo, and El Paso to `` woman the cribs ''.

Abel sat and regarded the farm country which, spreading out from both sides of the road, rolled greenly up to where the silent white houses and long barns and silos nested into the tilled fields.

More detailed instructions may be obtained from your local building supply houses and craftsmen.

It is an exotic place, so different from the ordinary that the casual tourist is likely to see at first only the contrast and the ugliness of narrow streets lined with haphazard houses.

Fortunately, although only a few years ago they held the student at arms length, today the business houses welcome the opportunity to aid the student, not only from an increased sense of community responsibility but also from the realization that the student of today is the interior designer of tomorrow -- that the student already is `` in the trade ''.

Initially, the wastewater would be entirely from the shopping center with the domestic sewage from the houses increasing over an 18-month period.

Watch people flock to amusement houses, cocktail lounges, and night clubs that advertise continuous entertainment, which means an endless flow of noise and frivolity by paid entertainers who are supposed to perform in those incredible ways which are designed to give men a few hours of dubious relaxation -- watch them and you can tell that many of them are running away from something.

The first case recorded of the partial exemption of an abbot from episcopal control is that of Faustus, abbot of Lerins, at the council of Arles, AD 456 ; but the exorbitant claims and exactions of bishops, to which this repugnance to episcopal control is to be traced, far more than to the arrogance of abbots, rendered it increasingly frequent, and, in the 6th century, the practice of exempting religious houses partly or altogether from episcopal control, and making them responsible to the pope alone, received an impulse from Pope Gregory the Great.

The necessity for defence from attacks ( for monastic houses tended to accumulate rich gifts ), economy of space and convenience of access from one part of the community to another, by degrees dictated a more compact and orderly arrangement of the buildings of a monastic coenobium.

The intention was to exploit the fresh air ( well away from smoky factories ) and beautiful views from the site, with sixty triangular lots being provided for luxury houses.

Roadways around the park to service the intended houses were designed by Gaudí as structures jutting out from the steep hillside or running on viaducts, with separate footpaths in arcades formed under these structures.

The houses are separated from one another by fruit gardens.

From the sources and from inlay-work we have also representations of palaces and houses.

The main result was a growth in the building of large and attractive houses, especially down the hill from Wester Aberdour to the West Sands.

The two most popular heaters for ultra-high-efficiency houses are a small heat pump, which also provides air-conditioning, or a central hydronic ( radiator ) air heater with water recirculating from the water heater.

Between its walls it contained a dense grid of streets and a multitude of buildings, ranging from spacious headquarters and large officers ' houses to barracks, stables and a military jail.

The Museum Island in the River Spree houses five museums built from 1830 to 1930 and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

No houses in the town date from before the 17th century, the town having been rebuilt after the fire of 1628.