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    Orson Squire Fowler (October 11, 1809 – August 18, 1887) was an American phrenologist and lecturer. He also popularized the octagon house in the middle...
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    traced to the influence of amateur architect and lifestyle pundit Orson Squire Fowler. Although there are other octagonal houses worldwide, the term octagon...
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    brothers Orson Squire Fowler and Lorenzo Niles Fowler. Samuel Roberts Wells joined the company in 1843, and he subsequently married Charlotte Fowler, a sister...
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    sent the skull to Orson Squire Fowler, a phrenologist in New York City. Analysis of the skull and two sketches of it appear in Fowler's book. Daklugie,...
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    house was condemned as a public health hazard and dynamited in 1897. Orson Squire Fowler was author of a book, The Octagon House: A House for All, that was...
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    Charlotte Fowler Wells (née Fowler; August 14, 1814 – June 4, 1901) was an American phrenologist and publisher from New York. Along with her brothers, Orson Squire...
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  • author of speculative fiction Orson Squire Fowler (1809–1887), phrenologist who popularized the octagon house Orson Welles (1915–1985), American director...
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  • "Bear's head"). Its octagonal layout was inspired by the writings of Orson Squire Fowler, which dates the building to the 1850s. The house is well-ordered...
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    octagonal floor plan, popularized briefly during the 19th century by Orson Squire Fowler Stilt house: is a house built on stilts above a body of water or...
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    population was 1,253 at the 2020 United States Census. Fowler was named for Orson Squire Fowler, a phrenologist who founded the town. The town was incorporated...
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