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}}</ref> This caused more modest homes to depart from the ornamentation found in French examples in favor of simpler and more eclectic American ornamentation that had been established in the 1850s. In practice, most Second Empire houses simply followed the same patterns developed by [[Alexander Jackson Davis]] and [[Samuel Sloan (architect)|Samuel Sloan]], the symmetrical plan, the L-plan, for the Italianate style, adding a [[mansard roof]] to the composition. Thus, most Second Empire houses exhibited the same ornamentational and stylistic features as contemporary Italianate forms, differing only in the presence or absence of a mansard roof. Second Empire was also a frequent choice of style for [[Renovation|remodeling]] older houses. Frequently, owners of Italianate, Colonial, or Federal houses chose to add a mansard roof and French ornamental features to update their homes in the latest fashions.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=T. Robins|title=The Architecture of Bergen County, New Jersey: The Colonial Period to the Twentieth Century|date=2001|page=122}}</ref>
==See also==
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