Brill Octagon House, The
National Register of Historic Places

Brill Octagon House, The

Capon Springs, Hampshire County, West Virginia
Listed
May 30, 2016
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
16000313

About this property

The Brill Octagon House is a historic octagon house at Capon Springs and McIlwee Roads in Capon Springs, West Virginia. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, that is actually cruciform in shape, but is given an octagonal appearance by the presence of two-story triangular porches that join the corners of the cross. The house was built about 1890 by one of a father-son pair, both named Elias Brill. The elder Brill, a more likely candidate as its builder, was a farm laborer, and was according to family lore guided in the building's design by an architect who was a summer guest at the Capon Springs Resort. The design is apparently a throwback to the briefly popular octagon house movement led by Orson Squire Fowler in the 1850s. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.

Location

Capon Springs, Hampshire County, West Virginia
39.13618, -78.49120

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Brill Octagon House, The was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 30, 2016.

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Brill Octagon House, The is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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