1862 in architecture
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The year 1862 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- May 8 â Church of St Philip and St James, Oxford, designed by George Edmund Street.
- May 12 â Ulster Hall, Belfast, designed by William J. Barre.[1]
- May 17 â Teatro Comunale Florence, Italy.
- November 19 â Brekke Church, Norway, designed by Christian Henrik Grosch.[2]
Buildings completed
- Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, Queens, New York, USA.
- Iron Clad Building, Cooperstown, New York, USA, designed by James Bogardus.
- Laxmangarh Fort, Rajasthan, India.
- Peace College Main Building, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
- Propylaea (Munich), designed by Leo von Klenze.
- Rila Monastery, Bulgaria, by Alexi Rilets (reconstruction).
- Government House, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, designed by Charles Tiffin.
- Treasury Building, Melbourne, Australia, designed by J. J. Clark in 1857 (when he was 19).[3]
- Great Malvern railway station, England, designed by E. W. Elmslie.
- Bow Bridge (Central Park), New York, designed by Calvert Vaux.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal â Robert Willis.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Wilbrod Chabrol.
Births
- February 7 â Bernard Maybeck, American Arts and Crafts architect (died 1957)
- February 19 â Lev Kekushev, Russian Art Nouveau architect (died 1916â1919?)
- May 28 â Theodor Fischer, German architect (died 1938)
- June 9 â Herbert Baker, English architect working in South Africa (died 1946)
- October 21 â Folke Zettervall, Swedish architect (died 1955)
- October 31 â Gerald Horsley, British architect (died 1917)
- December 7 â Hans-Georg Tersling, Danish architect working in France (died 1920)
Deaths
- June 27 â John Henderson, Scottish ecclesiastical architect (born 1804)
- December â Thomas Oliver, English classical architect (born 1791)[4]
- Thomas Ellis Owen, English architect working chiefly around Southsea (born 1805)