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IInd Empire Baroque

The Second Empire Baroque style (1860-1880) was of French origin, particularly influenced by the additions to the Louvre in the 1850s by Visconti and Lefuel and the Paris Opera by Charles Garnier. The style was used for public and residential architecture, and was particularly influential in Boston.

Sources:

Visconti & Lefuel: New 
Louvre, Paris, 1850-57
Visconti & Lefuel: New 
Louvre, Paris, 1850-57
C. Garnier: New Opera
Paris, 1861-74
French Prototypes
More slides of the 
new Louvre

Public Buildings:

A.B. Mullet: State, Navy & 
War Building,
Washington, D.C.

A.B. Mullet: State, Navy & 
War Building,
Washington, D.C.

A.B. Mullet: Post Office, 
St. Louis, MO, 1884

G.J.F. Bryant: Old City 
Hall, Boston, 1862-65

Samuel J.F. Thayer: City 
Hall, Providence, RI, 1874-78

J. MacArthur: City Hall, 
Philadelphia, 1868-1901

Hotels
 

Palmer House, Chicago, 1873

W.G. Preston: Hotel Vendome, 
Boston, 1871 +

Houses:  George Lord Little House, Kennebunkport, ME, 1875
George Lord Little House, 
Kennebunkport, ME, 1875
George Lord Little House, 
Kennebunkport, ME, 1875
George Lord Little House, 
Kennebunkport, ME, 1875

George Lord Little House, 
Kennebunkport, ME, 1875
George Lord Little House, 
Kennebunkport, ME, 1875
George Lord Little House, 
Kennebunkport, ME, 1875

George Lord Little House, 
Kennebunkport, ME, 1875
  

House,
Kennebunkport, ME, 
c. 1860s

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