Structures of the Architectural Style Second Empire
Captain Edward Penniman Barn, Eastham Massachusetts
Date added:October 31, 2009
This French Second Empire style barn, an unusual style of architecture for Cape Cod, is at the rear of the Edward Penniman house.
This two-story barn with a full basement of frame construction has a woodshed attached in the front. The unaltered building is yellow with white trim and a mansard roof that has had brown stripes. It's dimensions at 25' 5" x 30' 4". It features a mansard roof covered with painted wooden shingles on the lower level and composition on the upper pitch. There are dormers for the second floor windows and the left door. Cupola is in the center of the roof.
More...Captain Edward Penniman House, Eastham Massachusetts
Date added:October 31, 2009
The house was built by whaling Captain Edward Penniman in 1867-1868, who had shipbuilders from Wellfleet do the work. It has remained in the family, is in very good condition and is within the Cape Cod National Seashore.
Captain Penniman lived in his house until his death in 1913. It was willed to his wife, Betsey Augusta Knowles Penniman, who occupied it until her death in 1920. Betsey Augusta Penniman inherited the house from her mother and lived there until her death in 1957. She willed the house to Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Broun, her aunt and uncle, together for their lifetime, with the provision that the property would go to the town of Eastham to be preserved as a historic house and museum. Dr. and Mrs. Broun bought out the right of the town of Eastham for $8,000 and gained clear title to the property in 1960.
More...Cary House, Buffalo New York
Date added:March 10, 2010
This large, 2-1/2-story French Second-Empire brick house with Gothic details was located at the southern residential end of Delaware Avenue--a broad, tree lined street with large prestigious homes of Buffalo's wealthy citizens. The house was irregular in plan, had projecting bays with wooden detailing, a mansard roof with pointed-arch dormer windows, and exterior window label moldings--all accented by a three-story octagonal entrance tower topped by an octagonal cupola with crenelated wooden parapet.
The structure burned on July 10, 1965. Until the building was vacated in May 1965 to make way for demolition, it was occupied for several years by the Normandy Restaurant. It is known that ceilings were lowered and other modifications made to adapt the residence to restaurant use. Demolished, 1966.
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