The Story of the
Octagon
Young George
Gregg's decision to build an octagonal farmhouse just south of
Circleville, Ohio was certainly based on two things: his memory of
the octagonal courthouse, built in 1813, which sat in the center of
The Circle and destroyed in 1840, and Orson Fowler's book, A Home
for All, suggesting the octagonal design was healthy and full of
light.
In 1920, M. M.
Crites purchased the farm which remained in the family until 2001
when the Roundtown Conservancy acquired it, had it moved one-half
mile across fields to its present location at the east end of Crites
Road.
By popular
demand, we now offer you this photographic tour of the house.
