The Feusier Octagon House is a bit of a geometric outlier. While most people stick to the standard four-sided plan, George Kenny decided on an octagon back in 1857. He finished the build in 1858 and sold the house in 1870 to Louis Feusier.
Feusier didn't just keep the octagon shape; he added some extra flair. He expanded the structure with a third story, a mansard roof, and a cupola. It was a bit of an architectural power move that eventually led to the house being designated a landmark in 1970 and joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Today, the house sits on Green Street in Russian Hill. It served as a rental house as of 2018 before being put up for sale in 2021 for 8.6 million dollars. If you look around, you will find only two other octagonal houses in the city: the McElroy Octagon House and the Marine Exchange Lookout Station at Land's End.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Kyle McLonely
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