| Octagon House | |
| Location: | 97 Pleasant St., Reading, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates: | 42.5239°N -71.1008°W |
| Built: | 1860 |
| Architecture: | Octagon Mode, Gothic Revival |
| Added: | July 19, 1984 |
| Mpsub: | Reading MRA |
| Refnum: | 84002762 |
The Octagon House (or the Dr. Horace Wakefield House) is a historic octagon house in Reading, Massachusetts. Built in 1860 by Doctor Horace Wakefield, it is a distinctive variant of the type, executed as a series of small octagonal shapes around a central cupola. The building is fashioned from large, heavy timbers in the manner of a log cabin, with long first-floor windows. The porches and eaves have heavy zigzag trim and brackets, some of which have carvings resembling gargoyles.[1]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.