DYK? Just a stones throw away from Sullivan’s Pond, you’ll find a very subtle part of Dartmouth history – Remains of the Octagon House
Blink and you’ll miss it, two small stacks of stone flank a tree on Dahlia St. A closer look, you’ll see most of the word “octagon” carved in stone.
Info from Halifax Bloggers says, “Octagon House (also known locally as the Inkwell House) was designed by Henry S Elliot and built by Dartmouth contractor John Keating in 1871 for Gavin Holliday, who was a factory manager at Starr Manufacturing in Dartmouth. It was made of wood, and the main floor consisted of square rooms – wasting triangles of space between the rooms and the exterior walls.”
Read their write up here
https://halifaxbloggers.ca/builthalifax/2017/10/extra-italianate-octagon-house/
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