1860 in architecture
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The year 1860 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- August 22 â The Cenotaph to Matthew Henry, designed by Thomas Harrison, is unveiled in Chester, England.[1]
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- Spring â Willden Fort, Utah, built by Charles William Willden and his son Ellott (no longer standing).
- June â Oxford University Museum of Natural History, designed by Benjamin Woodward.
- August 28 â St. Augustin, Coburg (Bavaria), consecrated by the Archbishop of Bamberg Michael Deinlein.[2]
- November 22 â Solund Church, Norway, designed by Christian Henrik Grosch, consecrated by Bishop Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin.[3][4]
- November 28 â Swedish Theatre, Helsinki, Finland, designed by Georg Theodor von Chiewitz.
Buildings completed
- Mosque of Omar, Bethlehem, Palestinian territories.
- Varshavsky railway station building in Saint Petersburg, Russia, designed by Piotr Salmanovich.
- ArmourâStiner House in Irvington, New York.
Awards
Births
- March 11 â Thomas Hastings, American architect (died 1929)
- May 2 â Lucien Weissenburger, French Art Nouveau architect (died 1929)
- August 20 â Kirtland Cutter, American architect (died 1939)[5]
- date unknown â James Miller, Scottish commercial architect based in Glasgow (died 1947)
- date unknown â Bertie Crewe, English architect (died 1937)
Deaths
- February 1 â Giacomo Moraglia, Milanese neoclassical architect (born 1791)
- February 19 â Edward Lapidge, English architect (born 1779)
- March 6 â Joseph Welland, Irish architect (born 1798)[6]
- April 19 â Karol PodczaszyÅski, Polish neoclassical architect (born 1790)
- May 12 â Charles Barry, English architect best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (born 1795)
- October 10 â Thomas Larkins Walker, British-born architect (born 1811)