Plans for his octagon house

Orson Squire Fowler (October 11, 1809 - August 18, 1887) was a phrenologist who popularized the octagon house in the middle of the nineteenth century. This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... A 19th century phrenology chart. ... Plans for an octagon house An octagon house is exactly what it sounds like—an eight-sided building. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The son of Horace and Martha (Howe) Fowler, was born in Cohocton, New York, He prepared for college at Ashland Academy and studied at Amherst College, graduating in the class of 1834. With his brother, Lorenzo Niles Fowler, he opened a phrenological office in New York City, and wrote and lectured on phrenology, preservation of health, popular education and social reform from 1834 to 1889. Cohocton is a village located in Steuben County, New York, United States. ... Amherst College is a private, independent, elite[1][2] liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. ... A 19th century phrenology chart. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

He edited and published the American Phrenological Journal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 1838 to 1842. He was a partner with Fowler & Wells, publishers, New York, from 1846 to 1854, residing in Fishkill, New York and Elizabeth, New Jersey. He moved his office to Boston in 1863, residing in Manchester from 1863 to 1880, and resided in Sharon, New York from 1883 until August 18, 1887, when he died. Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area    - City 369. ... Main Street in Fishkill. ... Map of Elizabeth in Union County Union County Court House Elizabeth is a City in Union County, New Jersey, in the United States. ... Manchester-by-the-Sea (also called just Manchester) is a town located in Essex County, Massachusetts. ... Sharon is a town located in Schoharie County, New York. ... is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ...

Marriages

Fowler was married three times: to Mrs. Eliza (Brevoort) Chevalier; to Mrs. Mary (Aiken) Poole; and to Abbie L. Ayres. He had three children.

Legacy

The town of Fowler, Colorado is named for Fowler ^{[citation needed]}. Fowler is a town located in Otero County, Colorado, named for Orson Squire Fowler. ...

Books

• Memory and intellectual improvement (1841)
• Physiology, Animal and Mental (1842)
• Matrimony, or Phrenology applied to the Selection of Companions (1842)
• Self Culture and Perfection of Character (1843)
• Education and Self-improvement
• Hereditary Descent, its Laws and Facts applied to Human Improvement (1843)
• Love and Parentage (1844)
• The Self Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology (1849), with Lorenzo Fowler
• Sexual Science (1870)
• Phrenology proved, illustrated and applied
• Amativeness
• Human Science
• Creative and Sexual Science, or Manhood, Womanhood, and their Interrelations (1875)
• The Octagon House: A Home for All

Secondary References

• Debby Applegate, The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher." Doubleday, 2006.
• Stern, Madeleine. "Heads & Headlines: The Phrenological Fowlers." University of Oklahoma Press, 1971.

External links

• Fowler's entry in Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1889
• Orson Squire Fowler: Phrenology and Octagon Houses by John H. Martin
• Information about a Fowler trip to Colorado
• Octagon House in Upstate New York
• Inventory of octagon houses