1861 in architecture
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The year 1861 in architecture involved some significant architectural event and new buildings.
Buildings completed
- Arlington Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- St James the Less, Pimlico, London, designed by George Edmund Street.
- Tromsø Cathedral, Norway, designed by Christian Heinrich Grosch.
- Palácio do Grão-Pará, Petrópolis, Brazil.
- Mary Birdsall House in Richmond, Indiana.
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - J. B. Leseur.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Constant Moyaux.
Births
- January 6 - Victor Horta, Belgian architect and designer (died 1947)[1]
- April 20 - Hermann Muthesius, German architect and writer on architecture (died 1927)
- July 17 - Horace Field, English architect (died 1948)
- September 2 - Arthur Beresford Pite, English architect (died 1934)
Deaths
- May 15 - Benjamin Woodward, Irish architect (born 1816)[2]
- October 13 - Sir William Cubitt, English civil engineer (born 1785)
References
- ↑ Aubry, Françoise; Vandenbreeden, Jos (1996). Horta — Art Nouveau to Modernism. Ghent: Ludion Press. ISBN 0-8109-6333-7.
- ↑
Dodgson, Campbell (1901). "Woodward, Benjamin". In Sidney Lee. Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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