The Preservation Tour: Nothing Is Impossible

Learn all about the restoration of this National Historic Landmark!

This special one-hour guided tour tells the story of the last five decades of The Armour-Stiner Octagon House, during which it has been restored from near-ruin to its 1870s glory. Owner and preservation architect Joseph Lombardi once said that restoring The Octagon House was "like assembling a 500,000-piece jigsaw puzzle" – a task so overwhelming that many considered it impossible!

“Our task was not to remove all traces of age, but to hold together the fragile beauty of The Octagon House so as to keep our peace with the original builder” –Joseph Pell Lombardi, Preservation Architect and Owner

While exploring the veranda and three primary floors, visitors will learn about the unbelievably detailed process of determining original interior and exterior paint colors, the magical moments of uncovering new puzzle pieces of the house’s history, and how the dome was saved from near collapse.

You may also like the following events from The Armour-Stiner (Octagon) House:

• Next month, 31st August, 02:30 pm, Hudson River Valley Ramble in Irvington