Harry Frink House (Octagon Category)
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N 42° 51.369 W 083° 14.588
17T E 316736 N 4747281
On the south side of an east-west jog in Oxford Road (Noble Road). Between Gardner and Cobblestone Roads. No parking except along the road.
Waymark Code: WMNGQ
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 08/26/2006
Views: 52
Maple Grove is one of about fifty octagon buildings in Michigan. Harry Frink (1809-89), a farmer and master carpenter from New York State built this house around 1850. The house's octagonal plan reflects a national craze following the 1848 publication of A Home for All by New York phrenologist Orson Fowler. The book touted the octagon form as providing more floor space per wall length and as more economical to build than standard houses.
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