It is an architectural style that’s been around for centuries: the mansard roof. The design, recognizable by its sloping facades on all four sides and shallow roof line, can be traced to Pierre ...

Even if you’ve never heard the phrase “Second Empire architecture,” you’ve seen it – on the iconic “Psycho” house, the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney World and every creepy ceramic ...

The 300-square-foot mansard-roof house in Round Pond looked like it hadn’t been loved in a lifetime when Tim and Haleen Dieterich stumbled upon it on a drizzly morning in 1972. They were driving home ...

The house is a 'second empire style' and has a mansard roof with seven dormer windows. The Hamilton Park House is in New Brighton, was built in 1864 on Harvard Avenue. 2015 (Staten Island Advance ...

“I do a presentation on it, and it's all about the construction of the roof,” he said. Named after 17th century French architect Francois Mansart, the mansard roof first was popularized in the ...

A charming 1870s three-bedroom home in Salem recently attracted 15 offers before coming under contract ... with its solid stone foundation and sloping Mansard roof. And then there's its rather ...

What exactly is a mansard roof? I know one to see one, but what does it mean? Turns out it is named for François Mansart (also spelled Mansard), a 17th century French architect whose styles were ...