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This development allowed Second Empire domestic architecture to assume a new role in the American imagination, that of the haunted house. [21] This may have been prompted by changes in aesthetics in the 1930s, in favor of cold austere functional buildings, the opposite of elaborate, but decaying Second Empire houses. [22]
The Harvey M. Vaile Mansion was designed by Kansas City architect Asa Beebe Cross (1826–1894) [9] in the Second Empire style; its design was reportedly inspired by a large house visited by Vaile and his wife in Normandy.
Fred B. Sharon House: 1891 Second Empire: Davenport: Today a private residence J. Monroe Parker–Ficke House: 1881 Second Empire: T. W. McClelland: Davenport: Since 1978 the building has served as a fraternity house for Delta Sigma Chi from the Palmer College of Chiropractic. J.C Hubinger Mansion 1887 Queen Anne: C.H Stilson Keokuk: Was ...
The Hegeler Carus Mansion, located at 1307 Seventh Street in La Salle, Illinois is one of the Midwest's great Second Empire structures. Completed in 1876 for Edward C. Hegeler, a partner in the nearby Matthiessen Hegeler Zinc Company, the mansion was designed in 1874 by noted Chicago architect William W. Boyington. The mansion is now owned and ...
Second Empire style, also known as the Napoleon III style, is a highly eclectic style of architecture and decorative arts originating in the Second French Empire. It was characterized by elements of many different historical styles, and also made innovative use of modern materials, such as iron frameworks and glass skylights.
Notable houses include examples of the transitional Greek Revival-Italianate, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Eastlake porches, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, along with more typical turn-of-the-century housing. Several churches, small commercial buildings and a fire station are the only non-residential buildings original to the area.
Following her husband's death in 1893, Harriet listed the house for sale at a cost of $165,000. A newspaper ad for the listing described the house as having "twenty-three large rooms, exclusive of six bathrooms, closets, etc., and is particularly adapted for the use of a Foreign Legation or for anyone desiring to entertain largely."
The Phillips Mansion is a Second Empire style historic house in Pomona, Los Angeles County, California. It was built in 1875 by Louis Phillips, who by the 1890s had become the wealthiest man in Los Angeles County. Situated along the Butterfield Stage route, the Phillips Mansion became a center of community activity in the Pomona and Spadra area.