George Wise House/Bibber Memorial Chapel, Kennebunk, ME.
Glen Auburn, Second Empire in Natchez, MIssissippi. Image credit Julien Duguay North Adams Public Library (North Adams, Massachusetts). Formerly known as Earl House and built in 1870. Image credit Terence Faircloth, flickr Second Empire in St John, New Brunswick, Canada. The Second Empire style Hegeler Carus Mansion on Seventh Street in LaSalle, Illinois. Shard Villa (The Columbus Smith Estate) Salisbury, Vermont. Today, Second Empire is comparatively rare, but some outstanding examples live on as reminders of a glorious bygone era. The Psycho set on the Universal Studios lot, featuring a Ford Custom 300 similar to that driven by Janet Leigh in the film.
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Instead of harking back to a glorious age, the style became associated with horror thanks to TV shows like the Addams Family and the 1960 movie Psycho. In came the Queen Anne style, with its wraparound porches, round towers, overhanging eaves and painted balustrades.īy the mid-20th century, thousands of Second Empire homes were demolished in sweeping urban renewal programs. Image credit Brad Clinesmith, flickr.įor the nouveau riche, the opulent Second Empire style was the perfect choice to express their new found wealth.īut by the 1880’s, it started to fall out of favor. Image credit Joseph, flickr Sculpted details around windows and dormers of a House on Luzerne St at Warren, West Pittston, Luzerne County, PA.
Paired pillars on Negley-Gwinner-Harter House, Bellefield, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Made of wood, brick or stone, elaborate examples often had paired columns as well as sculpted details around the doors, windows, and dormers. Cresting around just the tower of the Joseph R. Ornate creasting across the roof of Glanmore Mansion was completed in 1883 for John Philpot Curran Phillips. Cresting around the roof and tower became a popular decoration in the US and sometimes acted as a lightning conductor.
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