When Jane and Elijah first homesteaded their farm, they built a log cabin on the highest point of the land.

When the log cabin was built, two trees were planted in front of the house- one on each side of the gate.

In 1876, three years after her husband's death, Jane Ross Reeves found the plans in a magazine.

When the house was completed, it was paid for in full from silver dollars that she (Jane Ross Reeves) had saved in a shoe box.

[2] The house is two stories of wood frame construction with a pyramidal roof.

[2] The Jane Ross Reeves Octagon House Foundation's President, Darrell Deck is the source of the information above.