Wilcox Octagon House

{{short description|Historic house in New York, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Wilcox Octagon House

| nrhp_type =

| image = WilcoxOctagonHouse_2007_12_14.jpg

| caption = Wilcox Octagon House

| location = 5420 W. Genesee St., Camillus, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|43|2|28.38|N|76|16|42.06|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-marker = building

| mapframe-zoom = 12

|mapframe-caption = Interactive map showing the location of Wilcox Octagon House

| area =

| built = 1856

| architect =

| architecture = Octagon Mode

| added = July 28, 1983

| refnum = 83001756{{NRISref|2007a}}

}}

The Wilcox Octagon House is a historic home in Camillus, New York, USA, that was built in 1856 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It was the farmhouse home of Isaiah Wilcox, who had a {{convert|40|acre|m2|adj=on}} farm. It is an octagon house of the type advocated by Orson Fowler, who wrote an influential book promoting use of octagonal home designs.

The Orchard Village neighborhood now occupies the majority of the old farm's land; the house remains on a plot of less than {{convert|1|acre|m2|adj=on}}.{{cite web|last=Harwood|first=John|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Wilcox Octagon House / Camillus Historical Society |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6245 |date=April 1983|accessdate=5 January 2008}} and [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=6246 Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1983]

It is located at 5420 West Genesee Street in Camillus.