The process of this building's construction is as unusual as its shape. The construction of the home was begun about 1870 by Dr. Henry Quincy Adams Bowyer. It was sold to Rev. Dexter A. Snow in 1874 whom had the construction completed. This octagon mode two-story brick house has a semicircular portico on the front supported by Doric columns. The house is a rare example of the octagon mode of construction championed by New York architectural theorist Orson S. Fowler in the mid-1800's. Side wings were added in 1890.
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Wythe County Museum 585 W. Main St. Wytheville, VA 24382
