Octagon Cottage (Rocky Hill, Kentucky)

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Octagon Cottage
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Nearest city Rocky Hill, Kentucky
Coordinates 36°58′10″N86°2′44″W / 36.96944°N 86.04556°W / 36.96944; -86.04556 Coordinates: 36°58′10″N86°2′44″W / 36.96944°N 86.04556°W / 36.96944; -86.04556
Built1850
ArchitectEdmunds, W. H.
Architectural style Octagon Mode
MPS Barren County MRA
NRHP reference No. 83002540
Added to NRHPJuly 20, 1983 [1]

Octagon Cottage is an octagon house in rural Barren County, Kentucky, near Rocky Hill, Kentucky. [2]

It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1] It once had four octagonal outbuildings; only one, an office, survived when the property was listed. [3]

Recent coverage, including a photo. [4]


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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Jayne Henderson (August 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Barren County Multiple Resource Area" (pdf). National Park Service.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Jayne Henderson; Gloria Mills (February 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Octagon Cottage (Willjam Henry Edmunds House) / Octagon Cottage". National Park Service . Retrieved December 7, 2017. With four photos from 1981.
  4. "Barren County, Kentucky: Octagon Cottage". Includes photo.