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French Second Empire
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The French Second Empire style was the first true style of the Victorian era in the U.S. The style was most popular in the Northeast, Midwest; rare in the South. Also known as the "General Grant style", used during the Grant administration for public buildings. Historical context: Style named for the reign of Napoleon III (1852-1870), who undertook a major building campaign to transform Paris into a city of grand boulevards and monumental buildings - copied throughout Europe and North America. Napoleon's famous project: enlargement of the Louvre (1852-1857), reintroduced the Mansard roof, developed in 1600s Renaissance by Francois Mansart. Style diffused from France to England to U.S.
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Located across from Magnolia Manor, this elegant French Second Empire style home is a photographer's delight. 'Riverlore' was built in 1865 for Capt. William Parker Halliday who was president of Cairo's first bank. His earlier steamboat career prompted home to build a 'Captain's Walk' atop the third story. Beautiful gardens surrounded the home.
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The French Second Empire, under Emperor Napoléon III, shrewdly took advantange of France's involvement in the First Civil War to establish a French empire in America for the first time in a century. Supposedly acting to gain compensation for holders of Mexican debt, a French expeditionary force had landed in Veracruz in 1862 and proceeded to take control of the entire country. Maximillian, brother of the Austrian Emperor, was installed as the Emperor of Mexico, and Mexico was transformed into a French-dependent state. For the remainder of the 1860's, France was concerned with solidly establishing its empire in the Caribbean. Mexico's conquest was completed in 1865, though nationalist guerrillas exerted influence in the rural areas of northern Mexico, and the Mexican Empire was firmly established. In 1866, a pro-French government was installed in Venezuela, and in 1866 the struggling republics of Haiti and Santo Domingo were occupied in and amalgamated into three départements d'outremer on the model of Guadeloupe or Martinique.
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A French Second Empire style master piece, the church overlooks the north side of the city. The first church has been destroyed by a fire in 1881 and architect Joseph-Ferdinand Peachy was asked to realize the actual one, it was to become his most successful project. Saint-Jean-Baptiste church was finished in 1886.
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This French Second Empire home is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. They have croquet, basketball, board games and mountain bikes. Offering six guest rooms, some with private baths. They serve a full, hot country breakfast in the large dining area, which overlooks the lovely backyard.
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In the latter half of the 19th cent., during the ill-starred regime (1864–67) of Emperor Maximilian, the heavy splendor of French Second Empire architecture was imported into Mexico. The famous gardens and castle at Chapultepec were beautified by the emperor and made even more lavish by the dictator Porfirio Díaz, under whose administration (1876–1911) the French accent became stronger, especially in the mansions along the famous Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City. The influence of art nouveau is evident in the portentous and elaborately decorated Palacio de Bellas Artes... commissioned by Díaz but not completed until 1930.
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