1795 in architecture
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The year 1795 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- Franklin Place in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Charles Bulfinch, is completed.
- Old North Building at Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., probably designed by Leonard Harbaugh, is completed.
- Remodelling of Åazienki Palace in Warsaw by Domenico Merlini, begun in 1764, is completed.
- Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England, designed by Thomas Telford, is completed.
- The Welsh Bridge in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, designed and built by John Tilley and John Carline, is completed.
- Gallowgate Barracks in Glasgow, Scotland, are built.
- The Cabildo in New Orleans (first phase) is started (completed in 1799).
Births
- April 3 â Richard Lane, English architect (died 1880)[1]
- May 23 â Charles Barry, English architect (died 1860)
- October 19 â Thomas Leverton Donaldson, English architect (died 1885)
- Approximate date â John Forbes, English architect working in Cheltenham
Deaths
- June 23 â James Craig, Scottish architect (born 1744)
