1750 in architecture
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The year 1750 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
- November 18 â Westminster Bridge across the River Thames in London, designed by Swiss-born engineer Charles Labelye, is officially opened.[1]
- Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire, England, is commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon (later 1st Baron Scarsdale), to be designed by James Paine and Matthew Brettingham.
- Calcot Park, Berkshire, England, is rebuilt by John Blagrave, following a fire.[2][3]
- William Halfpenny publishes Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste in England.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- Azm Palace, Damascus
- Christoffel Vought Farmstead, New Jersey
- Preservation Hall, a private residence in the New Orleans French Quarter (it will serve as a tavern during the War of 1812)
- Fort Rensellear in Canajoharie, New York
Births
- January 21 â François Baillairgé, architect, painter and sculptor (died 1830)
- May 20 â William Thornton, British-American physician, inventor, painter and architect (died 1828)
- date unknown â John Booth, architect and surveyor (died 1843)
- probable â Thomas Baldwin, English surveyor and architect in Bath (died 1820)
Deaths
- September 5 â Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (born 1706)
