the foot of the main staircase that some people feel they are forced to avoid, and one curator is reported to have found the "tiptoeing tracks of human feet in the undisturbed dust of the top floor landing". See also Benjamin Ogle Tayloe House, the Tayloe mansion built on Lafayette Square Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, buildier of said house on Lafayette Square List of National Historic Landmarks in the District of Columbia List of octagon houses List of octagonal buildings and structures in the United States Mount Airy, Richmond County, Virginia John Tayloe III William Thornton Architecture of Washington, D.C. References Further reading External links Octagon House – American Institute of Architects National Park Service – Octagon House Houses completed in 1801 Foggy Bottom Historic house museums in Washington, D.C. National Historic Landmarks in Washington, D.C. Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. Historic American Buildings Survey in Washington, D.C. Octagon houses in the United States Presidential residences in the United States White House Federal architecture in Washington, D.C. William Thornton buildings Reportedly haunted locations in Washington, D.C. Tayloe family of Virginia Tayloe family residences Slave cabins and quarters in the United States