Petty-Roberts-Beatty House - Clayton, AL - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The Petty-Roberts-Beatty House, also known as the Octagon House, built in 1859 - 1861 by Benjamin F. Petty a carriage and furniture merchant, who was a native of New York and pioneer settler of Clayton. It was patterned after a design made popular by Orson S. Fowler’s book "A Home for All or the Gravel Wall and Octagon Mode Of Building", which was published in New York in 1854. In April 1865 the house was used a staff headquarters for Union Cavalry Commander General Benjamin H. Grierson.

The structure was one of only two antebellum octagonal houses built in Alabama and is the only one to survive. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1974.

Historic marker text:
OCTAGON HOUSE

This unusual house was built 1859 – 1861 by
Benjamin Franklin Petty, a carriage and furniture merchant, who was a native of New York and pioneer settler of Clayton. It was patterned after a design made popular by Orson S. Fowler’s book A Home for All or the Gravel Wall and Octagon Mode Of Building, which was published in New York in 1854. In April 1865 the house was used a staff headquarters for Union Cavalry Commander General Benjamin H. Grierson. Petty heirs sold the property to Judge and Mrs. Bob T. Roberts in 1901. In 1981 the property was purchased from the estate of Mary Roberts Beatty Armistead by the Town of Clayton, which has overseen its renovation.

Street address: 103 North Midway Clayton, AL USA 36016 County / Borough / Parish: Barbour Year listed: 1974 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1850-1874 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Domestic Privately owned?: no Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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