Armour-Stiner house in Irvington, New York. Built in 1860 by financier Paul J. Armour based on the a

Armour-Stiner house in Irvington, New York. Built in 1860 by financier Paul J. Armour based on the architectural ideas of Orson Squire Fowler, author of The Octagon House: A Home for All Occasions.The house, plus an observatory, encompasses 780 m2. It includes a barn, a carriage house, a well house used as a gazebo, and the original Lord & Burnham conservatory greenhouse. The house’s main floor is surrounded by a veranda decorated with carved wooden gingerbread detailing and lit with gas lamps. The interior of the house includes an entrance hall, a solarium, a library, a curio room, a music room in the Egyptian Revival style, a 360-degree “dance room” added by Stiner, a billiard room, a wine cellar, seven bedrooms and three bathrooms, two kitchens and a pantry. -- source link
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