MassachusettsThe Octagon House (Watson-Steiger-Loomis House) at 28 King Street in Westfield is a two-story octagonal wood-frame dwelling built for Joseph Watson c. 1861, with a two-story rear ell added in the 1870s. Clapboard-sheathed with a low-pitched metal roof on paired carved brackets and a central belvedere, its interior features the octagon house's typical central spiral staircase leading up to the cupola; a Queen Anne porch and some altered windows were added later. It exemplifies the octagon style promoted by Orson Squire Fowler in his 1848 pattern book "A Home for All," and is the only one of three octagonal cottages once in Westfield to survive intact. It was listed under criteria B and C for its architecture and for its association with Albert Steiger, founder of the Steiger Department Stores, who lived here in the 1880s-90s.
Octagon House
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Octagon House is a landmark in Westfield, Hampden County. It is one of 3,654 landmarks documented in Hampden County, among 3,815 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 42.1216, -72.7553 near Westfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Schmidt, Fred House (landmark), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bartlett, J. D. House, Campbell, Andrew House, and House at 29 King St.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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