Second Empire buildings, 1860-1890, include the following characteristics:
- wood, brick construction
- Two or three storeys. "L" shaped or rectangular,
- all have mansard roofs, pierced with dormers, steeply pitched, covered in slate or shingles
- usually with centred doorway with tower, rectangular transoms and side lights, and bay windows one or two storeys high
Date: [ca.1900]
Photographer: William H. Buckley
Reference: Buckley family Nova Scotia Archives accession no. 1985-386 no. 59 / negative N-9531
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