[1] This plot of land was originally owned by David F. and Caroline M. Crandal, who constructed a log cabin on the premises.

In 1856, the land was purchased by Nathan and Eunice Devereaux; the couple settled into the already extant cabin.

[3] At some point in the 1850s, Nathan Bartlet Devereaux travelled to Ann Arbor to attend a lecture by Orson Squire Fowler, the leading proponent of octagonal houses.

[2] Inspired, Devereaux purchased a copy of Fowler's book, "A Home for All; or the Gravel Wall and Octagon Mode of Building.

The entry is Greek Revival in style with paired thin pilasters on either side of the door, and flanking sidelights above simple paneled aprons.