Fannie Caldwell McElwain

Virginia Caldwell
Lake

Andrew Jackson Caldwell and Harriet Morton Caldwell

Sallie Caldwell Barclay

Jennie Caldwell

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In 1847, Andrew Jackson Caldwell
laid out the foundation for his new
family hime. With a desire for distinction, his home would not be a simple structure with four walls like so many others, but an eight sided edifice unique to the region.

Completed in 1859, it would soon become a landmark in thesouth-central Kentucky area.

Built for his growing family and as a
headquarters for the plantation, it was occupied by the Caldwell family even after Andrew's death in 1866.
His widow, Harriet, lived in Octagon Hall until selling the house in 1918 to Doctor Miles Williams, an osteopath from Nashville, Tennessee.

Dr. Williams moved from Nashville and
made Octagon Hall his residence until
his death in 1954. At that time, Octagon
Hall was made rental property by his heirs.

Octagon Hall remained rental
property until The Octagon Hall Foundation was formed and obtained the building in 2001.
Dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the only eight-sided house in Kentucky,
The Octagon Hall Foundation is
furthering the efforts to save the past for the future.

Caldwell Slave Cemetery

Joseph Piper-
Heir

Mariah at the loom

Slave Quarters/Loom House

Slave Quarters interior

Slave Quarters interior

Historical Marker dedicated 1961