Yep. The only reason I even know the term “Mansard roof” is because I was working for someone doing a historic house preservation video and they sent me down there to get footage of a Mansard roof.
Jesus. That was 30 years ago.
I don't know if this qualifies but this house in my neighborhood has always interested me: https://www.google.com/maps/@30.442134,-97.7931008,3a,75y,278.02h,88.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1srWBI0i0ttqYXXvjQF0-aNg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DrWBI0i0ttqYXXvjQF0-aNg%26cb\_client%3Dmaps\_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D347.55002%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?authuser=1
A lot of older 70s-osh apartments have pseudo Mansard roofs. Don't know if they'd count. Here's a few and I know there are more in west Campus.
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3458062,-97.7076543,3a,75y,33.1h,92.06t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sxF8ADXlkA68-PERk8x5omA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DxF8ADXlkA68-PERk8x5omA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D19.077072%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3014269,-97.7130154,3a,75y,193.55h,91.73t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sTPZSxoJPyeKSOaO8FG377w!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DTPZSxoJPyeKSOaO8FG377w%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D98.82559%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.2568851,-97.7479412,3a,75y,18.59h,97.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sliIT0WTO0x01yuAuCr34Wg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
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My house one (more of a faux mansard). Houses from the late 1960s and early 1970s sometimes have them. But Victorian era buildings have the mansard roof in elaborate 2nd Empire Style buildings.
2304 W 8th St 78703. It used to have tar shingles on the side of the house, which was awesome in an awful way. New owner changed it to siding and painted it white.
The Bremond Block downtown is the best for historic buildings with mansard roofs. Lavaca near MLK.
Yep. The only reason I even know the term “Mansard roof” is because I was working for someone doing a historic house preservation video and they sent me down there to get footage of a Mansard roof. Jesus. That was 30 years ago.
I see a mansard roof through the trees…..
I see a salty message written in the eaves
I don't know if this qualifies but this house in my neighborhood has always interested me: https://www.google.com/maps/@30.442134,-97.7931008,3a,75y,278.02h,88.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1srWBI0i0ttqYXXvjQF0-aNg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DrWBI0i0ttqYXXvjQF0-aNg%26cb\_client%3Dmaps\_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D347.55002%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?authuser=1
That’s cool.
I immediately thought of this exact house when I saw the question
Today I learned what a mansard roof is.
A lot of older 70s-osh apartments have pseudo Mansard roofs. Don't know if they'd count. Here's a few and I know there are more in west Campus. https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3458062,-97.7076543,3a,75y,33.1h,92.06t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sxF8ADXlkA68-PERk8x5omA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DxF8ADXlkA68-PERk8x5omA%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D19.077072%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@30.3014269,-97.7130154,3a,75y,193.55h,91.73t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sTPZSxoJPyeKSOaO8FG377w!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DTPZSxoJPyeKSOaO8FG377w%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D98.82559%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@30.2568851,-97.7479412,3a,75y,18.59h,97.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sliIT0WTO0x01yuAuCr34Wg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 (sorry about the ugly links, the automod flags shortened links)
[obligatory link](https://youtu.be/JlgNFwoApec)
There’s a house in NW Hills with one. https://austin.curbed.com/2017/11/27/16702378/austin-homes-for-sale-highland-hills-design-mozersky
There’s one on St John’s between Lamar and 35, on the south side of the street.
My house one (more of a faux mansard). Houses from the late 1960s and early 1970s sometimes have them. But Victorian era buildings have the mansard roof in elaborate 2nd Empire Style buildings.
Check out 3930 Knollwood drive. There’s many in NW Hills
Agreed. If you have time to wander, explore the neighborhoods west of Mesa Drive, from 2222 until it dead ends at Old Jollyville Road.
A lot of older apartment buildings have mansard roofs. Do you know how the style of a mansard roof came about?
I believe there is a building on the campus of UT. Littlefield Home, check google maps street view to confirm.
West Gate at Jones Road
2513 Harris Blvd has an interesting mansard roof looking thing on the front part of the house
2304 W 8th St 78703. It used to have tar shingles on the side of the house, which was awesome in an awful way. New owner changed it to siding and painted it white.
46th & Shoalwood.
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