1844 in architecture
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The year 1844 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed
- June 12 â Abingdon Road railway station near Culham on the line to Oxford in England, designed by I. K. Brunel.
- August 21 â St Mary's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne (Roman Catholic, later Cathedral) in England, designed by Augustus Pugin.[1]
- August 27 â St Barnabas Church, Nottingham (Roman Catholic, later Cathedral) in England, designed by Augustus Pugin.[1]
- October â The Grange, Ramsgate (house), designed for himself by Augustus Pugin.[1]
- Autumn â The Scott Monument in Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by George Meikle Kemp.
- New buildings for Marischal College, Aberdeen, Scotland, designed by Archibald Simpson.
- Bell tower of Dormition Cathedral, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Berkshire County Gaol, Reading, England, designed by George Gilbert Scott with William Bonython Moffatt.
- Berry Hill, near Halifax, Virginia.
Events
- July 27 â Vang Stave Church, relocated from Vang Municipality (in Oppland, Norway) to Brückenberg, Silesia, is reconsecrated.
- Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and Jean-Baptiste Lassus win a competition for the restoration of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris.
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Prosper Desbuisson.
Births
- January 3 â Hermann Eggert, German architect (died 1920)
- June 23 â Ãmile Bénard, French architect and painter (died 1929)
- July 3 â Dankmar Adler, German-born American architect (died 1900)
Deaths
- March 6 â George Meikle Kemp, designer of the Scott Monument in Edinburgh (born 1795; drowned).[2]
- April 15 â Charles Bulfinch, first native-born American to practice architecture as a profession[3] (born 1763)