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The Octagon (Roosevelt Island)
The Octagon, built in 1834, is a historic octagonal building and attached apartment block complex located at 888 Main Street on Roosevelt Island in New York City. It originally served as the main entrance to the New York City Lunatic Asylum, which opened in 1841. Designed by Alexander Jackson Davis, the five-story rotunda was made of blue-gray stone that was quarried on the island. The Octagon is the last remnant of the hospital, and after many years of decay and two fires, was close to ruin. After restoration, it has now been incorporated into the adjacent buildings to create a large apartment complex.
==History==
Mistreatment of patients at the asylum was the center of the exposé by Nellie Bly in her 1887 book ''Ten Days in a Mad-House''.
The Octagon was made part of the Metropolitan Hospital in 1894. The Octagon, as a Metropolitan Hospital building, closed in 1955, leaving the building abandoned.〔http://www.octagonnyc.com/history〕 On March 16, 1972, despite its condition, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.〔http://www.rihs.us/landmarks/octagon.htm〕
After many years of decay, as well as two fires that nearly destroyed the building, the Octagon was renovated and turned into a residential building.〔Gray, Christopher, ("STREETSCAPES/The Octagon on Roosevelt Island; A Once-Grand 1839 Tower Is Given a New Life" ), ''The New York Times'', January 23, 2005〕〔Vita, Tricia, ("Restoring Roosevelt Island's Ruins: A developer has plans for a former asylum beside Manhattan" ), ''Preservation magazine'', National Trust for Historic Preservation, April 25, 2003〕 In April 2006, the renovated Octagon reopened as the lobby entrance to a pair of adjacent apartment buildings with 500 units in total.
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