1847 in architecture
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The year 1847 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- May â The Architectural Association School of Architecture is founded in London.[1]
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- March 31 â The first mass is celebrated in St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal, designed by Pierre-Louis Morin and Father Félix Martin.[2][3]
- April 15 â Lords Chamber in the Palace of Westminster in London, rebuilt to the design of Charles Barry with decoration by Augustus Pugin.
- June 28 â Trains first use Broadstone railway station in Dublin, Ireland, designed by John Skipton Mulvany.
- June 30 â Water first flows along the Roquefavour Aqueduct in the south of France, engineered by Jean François Mayor de Montricher.
- August 3 â Trains first use Huddersfield railway station in the north of England, designed by James Pigott Pritchett.
- September 10 â Trains first use Carlisle Citadel railway station in the north of England, designed by William Tite.
- November â Trains first use Bury St Edmunds railway station in the east of England, probably designed by Sancton Wood.[4]
- First performance at the Carltheater in Vienna, designed by Eduard van der Nüll and August Sicard von Sicardsburg.
Buildings completed
- Madina Mosque, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India, rebuilt under the supervision of Sadeq Ali Khan.[5]
- St Marie's Church (Roman Catholic), Rugby, England, designed by Augustus Pugin.
- Rectory, Rampisham, Dorset, England, designed by Augustus Pugin.
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture â Louis-Jules André.
Births
- March 21 â Fredrik Olaus Lindström, Swedish city architect (died 1919)[6]
- April 16 â Hans Auer, Austrian architect (died 1906)
- June 9 â Alajos Hauszmann, Austro-Hungarian architect and professor (died 1926)[7]
- August 24 â Charles Follen McKim, American architect (died 1909)
- date unknown
- John Beswicke, Australian architect and surveyor (died 1925)
- Alexandru SÄvulescu, Romanian architect (died 1902)
Deaths
- March 23 â Archibald Simpson, Scottish architect practicing in Aberdeen (born 1790)
- October 13 â Lewis Nockalls Cottingham, English architect, pioneer in the study of Medieval Gothic architecture (born 1787)[8]
- November 26 â Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, English architect, designer of St George's Hall, Liverpool (born 1814; consumption)[9]