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Mr. Orson Fowler was the Architect. Orson Fowler made octagon houses popular in America. The museum has a document signed by 54 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. The Octagon House is the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America headquarters. The McEroys owned the Octagon House from 1861 until 1909. Mr. McElroy owned a mill. The McElroys owned other properties other than the Octagon House. Mr. McElroy believed that if you lived in an octagon shaped house you would live a longer and healthier life. In 1968 the Octagon House became a historic landmark. Everything was heated by fireplaces before the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America bought it.

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