The term second empire refers to the empire that louis napoleon napoleon iii established in france during the mid 1800s.
Victorian mansard roof.
For this reason older buildings were often remodeled with mansard roofs.
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Some of the great hotels built in the late victorian era featured these architectural elements.
A mansard or mansard roof also called a french roof or curb roof is a four sided gambrel style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope punctured by dormer windows at a steeper angle than the upper.
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However the tall mansard roof that we associate with the style dates back to renaissance times.
During the renaissance in italy and france many buildings had.
But the most striking feature of second empire architecture is the mansard or french roof.
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The other popular modes of the day italianate queen anne romanesque high victorian gothic all captured the attention of the house building public and all continued to use bits of second empire decoration as well as the popular mansard roof.
The steep roof with windows creates an additional floor of habitable space a garret and reduces the overall height of the roof for a given number of.
In the united states second empire or mansard was a victorian style popular from the 1860s through the 1880s.