Octagon Hall Museum Ky Confederate Studies Archive

Worth a visit! Pretty cool place to visit with a lot of history. Would love to do an overnight visit here. The mannequins are really creepy!

Saturday, April 12, 2014, Tony and I was driving to Bowling Green, Ky from Nashville, Tn on route 31W North. We found this historical Home on the side of the road. There was a historical marker and it is open 10am. We were a little early so I walked around and took some wonderful photos. Built in the 1800’s.Gorgeous home!!!
History:
In 1847, Andrew Jackson Caldwell laid out the foundation for his new family home. With a desire for distinction, his home would not be a simple structure with four walls like so many others, but an eight sided edifice unique to the region.
Completed in 1859, it would soon become a landmark in the south-​central Kentucky area.
Built for his growing family and as a headquarters for the plantation, it was occupied by the Caldwell family even after Andrew’s death in 1866. His widow, Harriet, lived in the Octagon Hall until selling the house in 1918 to Doctor Miles Williams, an osteopath from Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Williams moved from Nashville and made the Octagon Hall his residence until his death in 1954. At that time, the Octagon Hall was made rental property by his heirs.
The Octagon Hall remained rental property until The Octagon Hall Foundation was formed and obtained the building in 2001. Dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the only eight-​sided house in Kentucky, The Octagon Hall
Foundation is furthering the efforts to save the past for the future