1857 in architecture
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The year 1857 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
- September 17 â Official opening of the Municipal Theatre of Santiago, Chile.
- American Institute of Architects (AIA) founded.[1]
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed
- Absecon Lighthouse in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States, designed by George Meade.
- Ahırkapı Feneri (lighthouse), Istanbul, Turkey, designed by French engineers.
- Britannia Music Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, designed by Thomas Gildard and H. M. McFarlane.
- Old Town Hall, Silkeborg, Denmark, designed by H. C. Zeltner.
- Schwerin Palace, Mecklenburg, largely designed by Georg Adolf Demmler.
- Borujerdis House, Kashan, Persia, designed by Ustad Ali Maryam.
- Pont Saint-Michel, Paris, France, designed by Paul-Martin Gallocher de Lagalisserie and Paul Vaudrey.
- Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris, France, completed by Théodore Ballu to the design of Franz Christian Gau.
- All Saints' Church, Maidenhead, England, designed and with murals painted by George Edmund Street, with associated school.
- Museum, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, designed by Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward.
- United States Custom House, designed by Ammi B. Young, opens in Providence, Rhode Island[2]
- Zeldenrust, Zuidbarge smock mill, Netherlands.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal â Owen Jones.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Joseph Heim.
Births
- January 18 â William Lethaby, English Arts and Crafts architect and designer (died 1931)
- March 31 â John James Burnet, Scottish architect (died 1938)
- May 28 â Charles Voysey, English Arts and Crafts designer and domestic architect (died 1941)
- July 4 â John Campbell, Scottish architect (died 1942)
- August 12 â Marc Camoletti, Swiss architect (died 1940)
- September 1 â W. D. Caröe, English ecclesiastical architect (died 1938)
Deaths
- March 19 â William Henry Playfair, English-born neoclassical architect working in New Town, Edinburgh (born 1790)
- December 9 â Thomas Oliver, English neoclassical architect working in Newcastle upon Tyne (born 1791)