A dark image of a short two story house with a mansard roof.
Mansard Roof (b.1867)
Lake Orion, Oakland County Michigan
📸 Holga 135FC
🎞️ KodaK 400TX
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$30,000 Cheapest house of the Day! 3‑bed, 1‑bath #Iowa #SecondEmpire in the heart of a small‑town. oldhousesunder50k.com/c-1895-iowa-...
$50,000. This #multifamily #Pennsylvania #SecondEmpire is offered in its current condition, featuring three two-bedroom #apartments ready for your vision. oldhousesunder50k.com/c-1900-penns...
Manet didn't paint a family. He painted a void. In 1869, he turned a balcony into a private theater box for the bored and paranoid. No narrative. No connection. Just the metallic tang of iron railings and the silence of the upper-middle class.
#ArtHistory #Manet #TheBalcony #SecondEmpire
Napoleon III ditched the coronation robes for a black suit to look like a man of the people. Cabanel knew exactly how to package an emperor for the rising middle class. A masterclass in 19th-century corporate branding before the empire collapsed.
#ArtHistory #Cabanel #NapoleonIII #SecondEmpire
$89,900
Save This Old #NewYork #SecondEmpire #FixerUpper. This old brick home is a diamond in the rough. It has good bones but needs extensive work. oldhousesunder50k.com/save-this-ol...
The Moon and Jupiter appearing next to William Penn at the top of City Hall. January 2026. (It’s 4°F here tonight!) 🌙 🪐 ❄️
#PHL #Philly #Philadelphia #Photography #Photos #NightShot #Moon #Jupiter #Architecture #Downtown #SecondEmpire #Astronomy #EastCoastKin #Winter #Clocktower
John Merritt Lamb House (b.~1850-1870)
Dryden, Lapeer County Michigan.
Another reshoot of one of the first houses I posted about!
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Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte's coup d'état #OnThisDay in 1851 ended France's Second Republic & established the #SecondEmpire but #NapoléonIII's vanity, incompetence & corruption would lead him into the Franco-Prussian War that would end the régime in 1870...
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Проголошення Наполеона III імператором.
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#НаполеонIII #ДругаІмперія #державнийпереворот1851 #історіяФранції #ЛуїНаполеон
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A second empire style house with a second story covered balcony above the porch.
In Time (b.~1900?)
New Haven, Macomb County Michigan.
#photography #autumn #night #nightphotography #architecture #victorian #secondempire #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #village #newhaven #macomb #michigan
A late Victorian second empire style house on a well lit street. A water tower is dimly lit behind the house reading "New Haven"
Frontier Psychiatrist (b.1917)
New Haven, Macomb County Michigan.
#photography #autumn #night #nightphotography #victorian #architecture #secondempire #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #lights #village #newhaven #macomb #michigan
A Second Empire Victorian style house made of brick with a centered front door and turret, as well as a wrap around porch. A tree partially obscured the house. The colors were edited to look reddish and blueish.
George Beeman House (b.1876)
Wheatfield Township, Ingham County Michigan.
Just south of the village of Williamston.
#photography #nightphotography #night #architecture #secondempire #victorian #oldbuildings #houses #lightroom #rural #williamston #wheatfieldtwp #ingham #michigan
c.1890 #Pennsylvania #SecondEmpire $189,900. The Harlan House. Second Empire Love!!.
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Dr. Aileen Corbit House (b.1855)
Oxford, Oakland County Michigan
Dr Corbit (1877-1937) was Oxford's first female doctor.
#photography #architecture #victorian #secondempire #oldbuildings #houses #storefronts #autumn #sunset #village #oxford #oakland #michigan
Dr. James R. McGurk House (b.1876)
Capac, St Clair County Michigan.
McGurk was born in Ireland in 1843. His second wife married another doctor after he passed away in 1894.
#photography #architecture #secondempire #oldbuildings #houses #victorian #mono #monochrome #bnw #capac #stclair #michigan
The New York Post Office Building circa 1906. The New York Times photo archives. Image from https://architectuul.com/search/query:skopje+central+post+office
1939 and the site was used to extend City Hall Park to the south.’
#Manhattan #CivicCenter #CityHallPark #CityHallPostOffice #AlfredBMullet #architecture #SecondEmpire #blackandwhitephotography #urbanphotography
Emperor's New Groove (b.1915)
Fowlerville, Livingston County Michigan.
#photography #architecture #victorian #secondempire #oldbuildings #houses #historic #village #mono #monochrome #blackandwhite #bnw #fowlerville #livingston #michigan
How y'all doing for #secondempire houses. I know you've seen them. The theory was the top floor was attic(it wasn't) and shouldn't be taxed. #architecture #mansard #victorian
🔎 #entrehieretaujourdhui : Sous le Second Empire, la fête du 15 août s’installe dans les campagnes. Plus qu’un divertissement, un outil de politisation par le bas. Conférence de Rémi Dalisson à voir sur #CanalU :
https://www.canal-u.tv/117367
#histoire #15août #secondempire
No Cap Apartments (b.1890)
Port Huron, St Clair County Michigan.
#photography #architecture #victorian #secondempire #monochrome #blackandwhite #mono #bnw #oldbuildings #houses #urban #porthuron #stclair #michigan
Second Empire in Smyrna, Delaware, USA.
Second Empire in Smyrna, Delaware, USA. #architecturaltourist #thearchitecturaltourist #secondempire #secondempirearchitecture #smyrnade #smyrnadelaware
New York City, Fifth Avenue, July 2018
#uppereastside #fifthavenue #ues #fifthave #newyork #newyorkcity #uptown #manhattan #facade #frenchconsulate #nyc #city #urban #photography #shadows #secondempire #architecture
New York City, Somewhere in Manhattan, July 2018
#upperwestside #fifthavenue #midtown #downtown #newyork #newyorkcity #uptown #manhattan #facade #bway #broadway #uws #nyc #city #urban #photography #shadows #secondempire #architecture
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Unique Second Empire house for sale in Springfield, Ohio. Built in 1875, original woodwork, fireplaces, cabinetry, and more. Spiral wood staircase, 4 bedrooms, 3092 square feet. $439,651.
#OldHouse #SecondEmpire #Springfield #Ohio #OldHousesUSA
Red Empire (b.1863)
Monroe, Monroe County Michigan.
#photography #architecture #secondempire #brick #red #oldhomes #house #clouds #sky #monroe #michigan
New Empire (b.1920)
Plainfield, Livingston County Michigan.
#photography #architecture #victorian #secondempire #blackandwhite #bnw #rural #hamlet #plainfield #unadilla #livingston #michigan #oldhomes #houses
Philadelphia City Hall
Philadelphia City Hall (1872-1901). The building was designed in the Second-Empire Mode of French Renaissance Revival architectural style by architect John McArthur, Jr.. #architecturaltourist #thearchitecturaltourist #secondempire #secondempirearchitecture
The John McGill / John H. Brabb House (b.1862/r.1878)
Romeo, Macomb County Michigan.
Built by the former mentioned, and renovated by the latter. John Brabb was a banker and is attributed with adding the mansard roof.
#photography #architecture #victorian #secondempire #romeo #macomb #michigan
