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VOLUNTEER MONTHLY MEETINGS

Enjoy our renovated rooms and displays and learn what life was like in an 1856 Octagon House. There is no admission fee, however donations are welcome. We are closed December, January, February and March due to winter weather constraints.

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Octagon House Events

About The House


We welcome you into an exciting opportunity to experience a rare and unusual house full of history!

The Wilcox Octagon house is a rare home built in 1856, and is on the National Registry of Historical Places. It is one of the few octagon homes left in the Eastern part of the United States that is restored, and has public access to all of its levels.

Unique to this house is the central staircase where you can travel through 5 different floors, and up 62 steps to the cupola where you can view all of Camillus.

Many of its features are intriguingly octagonal, and are built to unique specifications. Materials used to build the home have been harvested from the farm itself. Restored rooms on 3 floors and a Gallery of displays on the second level give an insight as to how the original owners lived during those times

2024 SUNDAY TOURS DATES

HOURS 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
APRIL
7.
21
MAY
519
JUNE
2
16 & 30
JULY
14
28
AUGUST
11
25
SEPTEMBER
8
22
OCTOBER
6
20
NOVEMBER
3
17
* Holiday Open House
  
DECEMBER
closed for season
Octagon House

Click each thumbnail below to see a larger picture of The Museum’s interior:

Basement
First Floor
Second Floor
Side View
 

Proud member of Camillus Chamber of Commerce and Town of Cammillus