Standing in the living room of her circa 1867 home on South Water Street in Wilmington, Gayle Schutten opens a wooden secretary, revealing such family keepsakes as a tintype photo and the 1883 school ...

This rare style flourished for a brief period in the mid-19th century, when author, lecturer and amateur architect Orson S. Fowler published a book extolling the virtues of the eight-sided dwelling: ...

While most housing designs are based on rectangular shapes, there are some homes with an unusual eight-sided floor plan. These octagonal houses have been turning heads for more than 150 years. The ...