Armour-Stiner House
- Also Known As: Carmer Octagon House
- Address: 45 W Clinton Ave
- Village of Irvington in Greenburgh, NY
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1860/00/00 | An octoagon house is built in 1859-1860 for financier Paul J Armour based on the architectural ideas of Orson Squire Fowler, the author of The Octoagon House: A Home for All Occasions. | |||||
1872/00/00 | Tea importer, Joseph Stiner, buys the Armour house. By 1876, he has the house enlarged and the dome built. | |||||
1930/00/00 | Aleko Lilius | Home | In the 1930s, Aleko Lilius makes his residence in the Armour-Stiner House. | |||
1946/00/00 | Author Carl Carmer buys the Armour-Stiner House. Living there until 1976, he included the residence in a number of his published stories and maintained that it was inhabited by a resident ghost. | |||||
1976/00/00 | Joseph Pell Lombardi | Architect, Owner | Joseph Pell Lombardi buys and restores the Armour-Stiner (Octagon) House. He was awarded a Preservation Award for this work by the Metropolitan chapter of the Victorian Society in America in 1990. |
Particulars for Armour-Stiner House: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural, Decorative Style | Egyptian Revival |
Cultural Affiliation | Finnish-American |
Level of Significance | National |
Architectural Style | Octagon Mode |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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