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| | The Octagon House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | An 1856 Landmark of Camillus, N.Y. In 1844, Isaiah Wilcox, a native of Rhode Island, and his wife, Ann Sherman of Connecticut, came west to settle in Camillus on property owned by an acquaintance from Rhode Island. |
 | | Completed in 1856 of cobblestones, rubble and concrete with a stucco finish, each of its eight sides was 17 feet long and 22 inches thick at the base, and 17 inches thick at the top. |
 | | The deep cellar, accessed near the cistern, was rumored to have been part of the underground railroad. |
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