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.
Aerial view
The main building in 1893
Rotunda as it appeared in 1970
Original interior stairway, second floor
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Roosevelt Island is an island in New York City's East River, within the borough of Manhattan. It lies between Manhattan Island to the west, and the borough of Queens, on Long Island, to the east. It i
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 Mental Health Hospital (also known as the New York City Lunatic Asylum…
Seen in July 2017 looking southward
Prison at Blackwell's Island in 1853
The 1889 Chapel of the Good Shepherd in modern surroundings
One of the Southtown (Riverwalk) buildings