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A mansard roof on the Château de Dampierre, by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, great-nephew of François Mansart. A mansard or mansard roof (also called French roof or curb roof) is a multi-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper, and often punctured by dormer windows.
It is a three-story brick building in the Second Empire architecture. The building includes a high mansard roof and large porch with tall Corinthian columns. [2] It was built by Currie J. Hutchinson, a local merchant, and is one of the few structures of its style in Florida.
Mansard Roof House, on Warren Avenue The Teller County Hospital, a brick Greek Revival -style two-story building. The boundary of the district is defined by high points around Cripple Creek to include the "natural setting reminiscent of the historic environment.
Stiltsville's frontier era ended with Hurricane Betsy in 1965. Beginning in August 1965, the state of Florida required building owners to pay $100 annually to lease their quarter-acre circular "campsites." No permits for new construction were issued, and structures that sustained more than 50-percent damage could not be rebuilt.
Prior to the construction of the Pentagon during the 1940s, for example, the Second Empire–style Ohio State Asylum for the Insane in Columbus, Ohio, was reported to be the largest building under one roof in the U.S., though the title may actually belong to Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital, another Kirkbride Second Empire asylum.
Whether the Church Hill Covered Bridge is the shortest in Ohio — or the U.S. — depends on who you believe. Or disbelieve. Sights along the way to Beave Creek State Park
A wall of cement pyramids along the Sunshine Skyway Bridge will soon descend into the waters of Tampa Bay, creating several benefits for residents and marine life, state officials say.
The bridges are named for former Governor of Ohio Jeremiah Morrow. [5] The bridges are 239 feet (73 m) above the river, making them the highest bridges in Ohio, [6] and are 2,252 ft (686 m) long, 55 ft (17 m) wide, with 440 ft (130 m) main spans. [1] The bridges each have two marked lanes with room for a third lane. [2]