Abijah Thomas House, 19th-century octagon house in Marion, United States.
The Abijah Thomas House contains seventeen rooms, ten closets, and a storage room constructed with bricks manufactured directly on the property in Virginia.
Built in 1856, this octagonal residence belonged to textile manufacturer Abijah Thomas, who owned 400 acres of land valued at 5,000 dollars in 1857.
The interior walls display painted ashlar upon plaster with intricate decorative techniques including graining, marbleizing, and detailed stencil patterns throughout the rooms.
Located southwest of Marion on Virginia Route 657, the house received National Register of Historic Places designation on November 28, 1980.
The structure stands as one of Virginia's exceptional examples of eight-sided domestic architecture from the 1850s architectural movement.
Location: Smyth County
Inception: 1856
GPS coordinates: 36.77420,-81.57030
Latest update: March 13, 2025 02:55
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