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Second Empire is an architectural style most popular in the latter half of the 19th century and early years of the 20th century. It was so named for the architectural elements in vogue during the era of the Second French Empire.
As the name implies, Second Empire — also called French Second Empire, Napoleon III style, or mansard style — can be traced back to the reign of Napoleon III in France from 1852 to 1870. Under the emperor’s direction, much of Paris was rebuilt with wide avenues and striking monumental buildings, replacing medieval alleys and structures.
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- Victorian Homes in the Second Empire Style. With tall mansard roofs and wrought iron cresting, Victorian Second Empire homes create a sense of height. But, despite its regal name, a Second Empire isn't always elaborate or lofty.
- Second Empire and the Italianate Style. At first glance, you might mistake a Second Empire home for a Victorian Italianate. Both styles tend to be square in shape, and both can have U-shaped window crowns, decorative brackets, and single story porches.
- History of the Second Empire Style. The term Second Empire refers to the empire that Louis Napoleon (Napoleon III) established in France during the mid-1800s.
- Second Empire in the USA. Because it was based on a contemporary movement in Paris, Americans considered the Second Empire style more progressive than Greek Revival or Gothic Revival architecture.
Second Empire style, architectural style that was dominant internationally during the second half of the 19th century. Developing from a tendency of architects of the second quarter of the 19th century to use architectural schemes drawn from the periods of the Italian Renaissance, Louis XIV, and.
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In the mid-19th century, Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada began to blossom. A series of major projects and events in French urban planning and design provided the inspiration for Second Empire architecture.
Second Empire architecture is an architectural style rooted in the 16th-century Renaissance, which grew to its greatest popularity in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth century.
The term, Second Empire refers directly to the style’s inspiration in France, particularly to the reign of Napoleon III (1852-1870) who undertook a major building campaign to transform Paris into a city of grand boulevards and monumental buildings.