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The Octagon House in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, built in 1856, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1] It has secret passageways and was used as a safe house on the Underground Railway.[2]
It is an octagon house, likely built according to a design from a pattern book of octagonalist Orson Fowler.
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- ^ a b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
- ^ 1856 Octagon House. Marlenesheirlooms.Com. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
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