Octagon House, Exterior
This file appears in: Octagon House (John Tayloe House): The Octagon is noteworthy for both its innovative architecture and its historical inhabitants.
This file appears in: Octagon House (John Tayloe House): The Octagon is noteworthy for both its innovative architecture and its historical inhabitants.
Octagon House (John Tayloe House): The Octagon is noteworthy for both its innovative architecture and its historical inhabitants.
Funded by one of the newly created Federal City’s leading families, Octagon House was physically constructed with enslaved labor. Originally built between 1799 and 1800 as a town residence for Colonel…