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Notable buildings

France

• Most buildings on the Champs-Élysées (1852–70), Paris.
• Hôtel du Palais (1854), Biarritz.
• Musée de Picardie (1855–67), Amiens.
• Palais Garnier (1861-1875), Paris.

United States

• Jerome Mansion (1859-1865), 32 East 26th Street, New York, NY; Thomas R. Jackson, architect.
• Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (1859-1873), Washington, D.C.; James Renwick, Jr., architect.
• Main Building (1861), Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, James Renwick, Jr., architect.
• Old City Hall (1862–1865), Boston, Massachusetts; Bryant and Gilman, architects.
• Terrace Hill (1866–1869), Des Moines, Iowa (State of Iowa governor's residence); William W. Boyington, architect.
• Alexander Ramsey House (1868), St. Paul, Minnesota; Sheire and Summers, architects.
• St. Ignatius College Prep (1869), Chicago, Illinois; Toussaint Menard, architect.
• Heck-Andrews House (1869–1870), Raleigh, North Carolina; George S. H. Appleget, architect.
• Gilsey House (1869–1871), New York City, New York; Stephen Decatur Hatch, architect.
• Baltimore City Hall (1869–1875), Baltimore, Maryland; George A. Frederick, architect.
• City Hall Post Office and Courthouse (1869–1880), New York City, New York; Alfred B. Mullett, architect.
• Grand Union Hotel (1870), Saratoga Springs, New York.
• Hall of Languages, Syracuse University (1871–1873), Syracuse, NY; Horatio Nelson White, architect
• Atlanta Union Station (1871), Atlanta, Georgia; Max Corput, architect.
• Reitz Home (1871), Evansville, Indiana.
• Grand Opera House (1871), Wilmington, Delaware; Thomas Dixon, architect.
• Eisenhower Executive Office Building (1871–1888), Washington, D.C.; Alfred B. Mullett, architect.
• Philadelphia City Hall (1871–1901), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; John McArthur, Jr., architect.
• Knowlton Hat Factory (1872), Upton, Massachusetts; architect unknown.
• South Hall (1873), University of California, Berkeley; Farquharson and Kenitzer, architects.
• United States Customhouse and Post Office (1873–1884), St. Louis, Missouri; Alfred B. Mullett, architect.
• Old Main (1873-1875), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas; John M. Van Osdel, architect.
• Woodburn Hall (1874–1886), Morgantown, West Virginia; additions by Elmer F. Jacobs, architect.
• George W. Fulton Mansion (1874–1887), Rockport, Texas.
• Central Hall on the Hillsdale College Campus (1875), Hillsdale, Michigan.
• Mitchell Building (1876) and adjacent Chamber of Commerce (1879), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, E. Townsend Mix, architect.
• 158 South Willard, Burlington, VT (1877) University of Vermont built for William Wells (general)
• Providence City Hall (1878), Providence, Rhode Island; Samuel J. F. Thayer, architect.
• Spring Hill Ranch House (1881), Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Strong City, Kansas.[1]
• United States Post Office (1884–1888), Hannibal, Missouri; Mifflin E. Bell, architect.
• Vigo County Courthouse (1884–1888), Terre Haute, Indiana; Samuel Hannaford, architect.
• 18 Conger Avenue (1885), Haverstraw, New York; architect unknown. The inspiration for Edward Hopper’s 1925 painting House by the Railroad
• Caldwell County Courthouse (1894), Lockhart, Texas; Giles and Guidon, architects.

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  Old City Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
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  Terrace Hill, Des Moines, Iowa
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  Heck-Andrews House, Raleigh, North Carolina
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  Charles A. Jordan House, Auburn, Maine
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  Baltimore City Hall, Baltimore, Maryland
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  Atlanta's 1871 Union Station, Atlanta, Georgia (demolished in 1930)
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  Hotel Vendome, Boston, Massachusetts (destroyed by fire in 1972)
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  Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C.
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  Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  Woodburn Hall, Morgantown, West Virginia
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  U.S. Post Office, Hannibal, Missouri
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  Vigo County Courthouse, Terre Haute, Indiana
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  Caldwell County Courthouse, Lockhart, Texas
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  Grand Opera House, Wilmington, Delaware
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  Mitchell Building + Chamber of Commerce, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  Chateau-sur-Mer, Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island
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  Knowlton Hat Factory, Upton, Massachusetts
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  Van Wert County Courthouse, Van Wert, Ohio, Ohio

United Kingdom

• Cambridge Gate (1876–80), Regent's Park, London; Archer and Green, architects.
• 75 Holland Road (1893), Brighton and Hove; Thomas Lainson, architect.

Canada

In Canada, Second Empire became the choice of the new Dominion government in the 1870s and 1880s for numerous public buildings and the provinces followed suit.

• Montreal City Hall (1872–8), Montreal, Quebec; Perrault and Hutchison, architects.
• General Post Office (1873, razed 1958), Toronto, Ontario; Henry Langley, architect.[2]
• Windsor Hotel (1875–8), Montreal, Quebec.
• Saint John City Market (1876), Saint John, New Brunswick; McKean and Fairweather, architects.[3]
• Parliament Building (1877–86), Quebec City, Quebec; Eugène-Étienne Taché, architect.
• Mackenzie Building (1878), Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario; Robert Gage, architect.
• New Brunswick Legislative Building (1882), Fredericton, New Brunswick; J.C. Dumaresq, architect.
• Government House (1883), Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• Langevin Block (1884–9), Ottawa, Ontario; Thomas Fuller, architect.

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  Montréal Hôtel de Ville (original design). Rebuilt after 1922 fire in the Beaux-Arts style
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  Windsor Hotel, Montreal, Quebec
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  Saint John City Market, Saint John, New Brunswick
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  Parliament Building, Quebec City, Quebec
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  Mackenzie Building, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario
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  New Brunswick Legislative Building, Fredericton, New Brunswick
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  Government House, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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  Langevin Block, Ottawa, Ontario

Australia

In Australia, and especially in Melbourne, this style became popular during the boom years of the 1880s. Many grand buildings exist today, particularly many of Melbourne's town halls.

• Melbourne Town Hall (1867–70), Melbourne, Victoria; Joseph Reed, architect.
• Bendigo Town Hall (1859), Bendigo, Victoria.
• Kew Asylum, also known as Willsmere (1864–71), Kew, Victoria.
• Bendigo Post Office (1883–7), Bendigo, Victoria; George W. Watson, architect.
• Bendigo Court House (1892-1896), Bendigo, Victoria;
• Collingwood Town Hall (1885–90), Melbourne, Victoria; George R. Johnson, architect.
• Princess Theatre (1886), Melbourne, Victoria; William Pitt, architect.
• Chief Secretary’s Building (1890–5), Sydney, New South Wales; Second Empire additions by Walter L. Vernon, architect.
• Shamrock Hotel (1897), Bendigo, Victoria; Phillip Kennedy, architect.
• Former Records Office (1900–4), Melbourne, Victoria; S.E. Brindley, architect.

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  Bendigo Post Office, Bendigo, Victoria
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  Collingwood Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria
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  Shamrock Hotel, Bendigo, Victoria

Belgium

• Brussels Stock Exchange (1868–73), Brussels; Léon Suys, architect.

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  Brussels Stock Exchange, Brussels

Turkey (Ottoman Empire)

• Beylerbeyi Palace (1861–5), Istanbul; Hagop and Sarkis Balyan, architects.

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  Beylerbeyi Palace, Istanbul

References

• Copplestone, Trewin (1963). World Architecture. Hamlyn.
• McAlester, Virginia & Lee, A Field Guide to American Houses, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1986
• McCue, George and Frank Peters, A Guide to the Architecture of St. Louis, University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri, 1989
• Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, H. H. Richardson: Complete Architectural Works, MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984
• Roth, Leland M., A Concise History of American Architecture, Harper & Row, New York, 1980
• Scott, Pamela and Antoinette J. Lee, Buildings of the District of Columbia, Oxford University Press, New York, 1991
• Smith, D. Mullett, A.B. Mullett: His Relevance in American Architecture and Historic Preservation, Mullett-Smith Press, Washington, D.C., 1990
• Stern, Mellins and Fishman, New York 1880: Architecture and Urbanism in the Gilded Age, The Monacelli Press, New York, 1999
• Whiffen, Marcus, American Architecture Since 1780, The M.I.T. Press, Cambridge Massachusetts, 1977