Octagon House Classic Tour
Armour-Stiner Octagon House 45 W Clinton Avenue, Irvington, NY, United StatesThe Armour-Stiner Octagon House, a registered National Historic Landmark, was created as a summer retreat by tea-importer Joseph Stiner. Its shape was based on the theories of Orson Squire Fowler, a phrenologist, who believed octagonal houses enclosed more space, allowed the sun in at all times, and permitted more views into the landscape. The tour …