Second Empire style mansard to the max

Chicago Sun-Times | April 7, 1989| | Copyright

If there's a style that shouts "Victorian!" to the 20th century house watcher, it must be Second Empire.

Actually, "mansard style" would have been a better name for Second Empire in America. For it is the distinctive, double-pitched mansard roofline, not a particular decorative style or building shape, that settles the question of whether a house belongs to the French-inspired genre.

A Second Empire house may have Italianate eave brackets or an Eastlake porch; it may be made of stone or swathed in shingles. Its windows may have moulded hoods or scrolled sides, or they may be straight ...

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