David Van Gelder Octagon House

The David Van Gelder Octagon House, also known as Springside is located at 21 Walnut Street in Catskill, New York. The brick house was built in 1860. It is architecturally significant as an example of an octagon house. The eight-sided plan was made popular in the mid-19th century by phrenologist Orson Squire Fowler. He called the floor plan "a superior plan". It includes four large square rooms and four small triangular rooms on each of the two floors. Two corners of each of the triangular rooms are small triangular closets. A central stair rises through the house to the cupola on the roof. A kitchen wing was added, likely in the mid-1870s.[2]

David Van Gelder Octagon House
LocationCatskill, New York
Coordinates42°13′4″N 73°52′26″W
Built1860
Architectural styleOctagon Mode
NRHP reference No.97001620
Added to NRHPJanuary 16, 1998[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Bonafide, John A. (July 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination:David Van Gelder Octagon House". Retrieved 2008-06-08. and Accompanying 10 photos, exterior and interior

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