1860 in architecture

The year 1860 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Events

• August 22 – The Cenotaph to Matthew Henry, designed by Thomas Harrison, is unveiled in Chester, England.[1]

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

• Spring – Willden Fort, Utah, built by Charles William Willden and his son Ellott (no longer standing).
• June – Oxford University Museum of Natural History, designed by Benjamin Woodward.
• August 28 – St. Augustin, Coburg (Bavaria), consecrated by the Archbishop of Bamberg Michael Deinlein.[2]
• November 22 – Solund Church, Norway, designed by Christian Henrik Grosch, consecrated by Bishop Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin.[3][4]
• November 28 – Swedish Theatre, Helsinki, Finland, designed by Georg Theodor von Chiewitz.

Buildings completed

• Mosque of Omar, Bethlehem, Palestinian territories.
• Varshavsky railway station building in Saint Petersburg, Russia, designed by Piotr Salmanovich.
• Armour–Stiner House in Irvington, New York.

Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Sydney Smirke

Births

• March 11 – Thomas Hastings, American architect (died 1929)
• May 2 – Lucien Weissenburger, French Art Nouveau architect (died 1929)
• August 20 – Kirtland Cutter, American architect (died 1939)[5]
• date unknown – James Miller, Scottish commercial architect based in Glasgow (died 1947)
• date unknown – Bertie Crewe, English architect (died 1937)

Charles Barry

Deaths

• February 1 – Giacomo Moraglia, Milanese neoclassical architect (born 1791)
• February 19 – Edward Lapidge, English architect (born 1779)
• March 6 – Joseph Welland, Irish architect (born 1798)[6]
• April 19 – Karol Podczaszyński, Polish neoclassical architect (born 1790)
• May 12 – Charles Barry, English architect best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (born 1795)
• October 10 – Thomas Larkins Walker, British-born architect (born 1811)

References

1. Listed Buildings, English Heritage, archived from the original on 24 January 2013, retrieved 28 December 2013
2. "St. Augustin-Kirche Coburg". st-augustin-coburg.de. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
3. "Solund kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
4. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
5. Matthews, Henry (1999). Kirtland Cutter: Architect in the Land of Promise. University of Washington Press. ISBN 0-295-97609-8.
6. "welland, joseph - Dictionary of Irish Architects". www.dia.ie. Retrieved 23 August 2018.