Second Empire architecture

For Second Empire architecture in Europe, see Second Empire architecture in Europe.

For Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada, see Second Empire architecture in the United States and Canada.

Second Empire is an architectural style, most popular in the last half of the nineteenth century and early years of the twentieth century. It was so named for the architectural elements in vogue during the era of the Second French Empire.^[1] As the Second Empire style evolved from its 17th century Renaissance foundations, it acquired an eclectic mix of earlier European styles, most notably the Baroque, often combined with mansard roofs and or low, square based domes.^[2]

The style quickly spread and evolved as Baroque Revival architecture throughout Europe and across the Atlantic. Its suitability for super-scaling allowed it to be widely used in the design of municipal and corporate buildings. In the United States, where one of the leading architects working in the style was Alfred B. Mullett, buildings in the style were often closer to their 17th-century roots than examples of the style found in Europe.^[3]

References

↑ Copplestone, Trewin, ed., World Architecture: An illustrated history from earliest times, Crescent Books, New York, 1963 pp.310-311
↑ Copplestone, p. 310.
↑ Copplestone, p. 311.

Historicism and Revivalism in Western architecture and decorative arts

International	Baroque Revival Beaux-Arts Byzantine Revival Egyptian Revival Gothic Revival Greek Revival / Neo-Grec Moorish Revival Neoclassical New Classical / Neo-Historism Renaissance Revival Châteauesque Italianate Palazzo style Romanesque Revival Second Empire Swiss chalet style Vernacular

British Empire	Adam style Bristol Byzantine Carpenter Gothic Canada Edwardian Baroque Indo-Saracenic Revival India Jacobethan Queen Anne style Regency Scottish baronial style Tudor Revival / Black-and-White Revival

France	French Renaissance Henry II style Louis Treize Louis Quatorze Louis Quinze Directoire style Empire style Second Empire Belle Époque Art Nouveau Art Deco

Germany	Biedermeier Gründerzeit Nazi architecture Resort style Rundbogenstil

Greece and Balkans	Mycenaean Revival Serbo-Byzantine Revival

Italy	Stile umbertino

Mexico	Mayan Revival

Netherlands	Traditionalist School

Nordic Countries	National Romantic style

Norway	Dragon Style

Portugal	Pombaline Neo-Manueline Soft Portuguese style

Russian Empire and USSR	Byzantine Revival Russian Revival Stalinist architecture

Spain	Neo-Mudéjar

United States	Jeffersonian architecture American Renaissance Carpenter Gothic Collegiate Gothic Colonial Revival Federal style Greco Deco Mediterranean Revival Mission Revival Polish Cathedral style Pueblo Revival Queen Anne style Richardsonian Romanesque Spanish Colonial Revival Territorial Revival

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Colonial	American colonial architecture Colonial Georgian Dutch Colonial French Colonial German Colonial Spanish Colonial

Early Republic	Adam Federal Jeffersonian

Mid-19th century	Greek Revival Italianate Gothic Revival

Victorian	Richardsonian Romanesque Second Empire American Renaissance Folk Stick style Queen Anne Shingle Territorial

Late-19th to mid-20th century	Beaux-Arts Chicago School Colonial Revival Dutch Colonial Revival Mediterranean Revival Mission Revival Spanish Colonial Revival Tudor Revival Pueblo Revival Territorial Revival American Craftsman Prairie School American Foursquare California bungalow Art Deco Streamline Moderne PWA Moderne

Post-World War II to current	International style Usonian American ranch Modern Postmodern Neo-eclectic New Classical Architecture

Vernacular	Hall and parlor house Central-passage house Log cabin Cape Cod Saltbox Creole cottage Dogtrot house I-house Shotgun house Sod house Carpenter Gothic First Period

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