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The Armour-Stiner House, also known as the Carmer Octagon House, is a unique octagon-shaped and domed Victorian style house located at 45 West Clinton Avenue in Irvington, in Westchester County, New York. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.〔〔 and 〕 It is known that other domed octagonal residence were built in the United States, but it is unknown if any of them still exist.〔See HABS data pages, page__.〕 The house was built in 1859–1860 by financier Paul J. Armour based on the architectural ideas of Orson Squire Fowler, although the specific architect of the house is unknown. The dome was added and the house was enlarged during 1872–1876 by Joseph Stiner, who was a tea importer. The Armour-Stiner House is said to be one of the most lavish octagon houses built in the period, and is now one of only perhaps a hundred still extant.〔http://www.octagon.bobanna.com/NY.html〕〔http://www.octagon.bobanna.com/images/irvington_ny.jpg〕〔(Dave's Victorian House Site - Victorian House School )〕 The house was occupied from 1946 to 1976 by historian Carl Carmer, who maintained that the house was haunted.〔Carmer, Carl. "The Ghost in the River Octagon" in ''The Screaming Ghost and Other Stories''. New York: Knopf, 1956.〕 In 1976, the house was briefly owned by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to prevent it from being demolished. The Trust was unable to fund the amount of renovation the property required, and sold it to a preservationist architect, Joseph Pell Lombardi, who has conserved the house, interiors, grounds and outbuildings.〔Irvington Historical Society,(Octagon House )〕〔Arthur G. Adams, (''The Hudson River Guidebook'' ) (1996) ISBN 0-8232-1202-5.〕〔 The house remains a private residence. It is located on the south side of West Clinton Avenue, on the crest of a hill overlooking the Hudson River, to the west. It is about 1650 feet from the river, and about 140 feet above it, consistent with Fowler's siting ideas.〔See data pages of HABS, page __〕 The Old Croton Aqueduct, another National Historic Landmark, abuts the property on the east. __notoc__ ==In popular culture== *The house is the main setting for the 1981 horror film ''The Nesting''. *The house is featured in Tony Millionaire's ''Sock Monkey'' Volume 4, #2 (2003), reprinted in ''The Collected Works of Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey''.〔 published by Dark Horse in 2004〕 *An exterior shot of the home was used in the film, ''Across the Universe''.〔(Across the Universe (2007) ) The house appears at the 1 hr. 7 min. 30 sec. mark, the last part of Track 14 ("I Am the Walrus").〕 The Octagon House is seen briefly after the "Magical Mystery Tour" bus arrives in a wooded area. It is first depicted in psychedelic colors and then with a moat surrounding it. The building is described by Bono (playing "Dr. Robert") as the "Headquarters of the League of Spiritual Deliverance", the home of Dr. Geary (an allusion to Dr. Timothy Leary). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Armour-Stiner House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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