Authentic Victorian Octagon House Plans, wraparound porches, printed plans

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Octagon House - Watertown, Wisconsin - 1853
Building name: Octagon House
Designer/Architect: Unknown
Date of construction: 1853
Location: Watertown, Wisconsin
Style: Victorian
Additional Information: Drawings prepared in 1935, Historic American Building Survey
Number of sheets: 6 sheets measuring 18”x24”
Sheet List
Cover sheet, information, site diagram
Ground Floor Plan, First Floor Plan, 1/8”=1’-0”
Second Floor Plan, Third Floor Plan, 1/8”=1’-0”
West (Front) Elevation, ¼”=1’-0”
Door and Window Details, 3/4”=1’-0”
Stair and Trim Details, various scales
This listing is for prints on 20# bond paper. It is for architectural drawings only. Any photos shown in the description are informational only and not included in this package. To purchase an emailed PDF file go
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This 3-story house over a partial basement is based on the rare and striking octagon plan, with porches wrapping all around and crowned by a cupola which brings light down the central stair well. The first floor contains four principal rooms wrapping around the stair core. The second and third floors each contain four bedrooms and ancillary rooms. As is typical of homes of this period, bathing and toilet facilities are minimal. But the plan would be very easy to update to modern requirements.
The original drawings were beautifully delineated in 1935, with all the style and grace of draftsmanship of that era. These drawings include beautiful interior details of doors, windows, stairs and trim. The originals rest in the Library of Congress. As a work of art these prints are worth purchasing in their own right. For those of you interested in building a historically inspired house, these plans could easily be reduced and adapted to a 2-story design, ideal for a country setting with porches wrapping all around.
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IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO BUILD: These plans are not complete architectural drawings as might be required by your local permitting agency and do not contain all the structural, waterproofing and other details and information necessary for construction. But your local builder or architect should be able to adapt these drawings and add to them as necessary. What they do provide is accurate design information about a REAL Antebellum house, not a pseudo-southern tract house as you will find in the house plan magazines on your supermarket shelf
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: Orders shipped to addresses outside the USA may be subject to customs duties at their destination. The buyer is responsible for any such duties.
The original drawings from which these dimensionally accurate scans were made are kept at the Historic American Building Survey, in the Library of Congress.
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