1872 in architecture
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The year 1872 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- Work begins on the building of the Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross, Staffordshire, England, designed by George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner.
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
- July â The Albert Memorial in London, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, is opened by Queen Victoria.[1]
- December 12 â Church of San Agustin, Laredo, Texas, is opened
- The Ancoats Hospital, an enlargement of the existing building, in Manchester, England, designed by Lewis and Crawcroft, begins construction.[2]
Buildings completed
- Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain (nearly two hundred years after it was begun).[3]
- St Mary Magdalene, Paddington, London, designed by George Edmund Street, originally completed.
- St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Charleston, South Carolina, designed by John Henry Devereux, dedicated.
- The Egyptian Halls, a pioneering iron-framed commercial building in Glasgow designed by Alexander Thomson.[4]
- Palacio Federal Legislativo, Caracas, Venezuela, designed by Luciano Urdaneta.[5]
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal â Friedrich von Schmidt.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Louis Bernier.
Births
- January 8 â Antonio Palacios, Spanish architect (died 1945)
- January 20 â Julia Morgan, California-based architect (died 1957)
- January 23 â Jože PleÄnik, Slovene architect (died 1957)
- February 9 â Charles Klauder, American architect known for university buildings (died 1938)
- May 26 â Zachary Taylor Davis, Chicago architect (died 1946)
- Clarence Perry, American town planner (died 1944)
Deaths
- January 13 â William Scamp, English architect (born 1801)
- February 20 â Andrew Petrie, builder, architect and Australian pioneer (born 1798)
- June 22 â Frederick Marrable, first Chief Architect of the Metropolitan Board of Works (London) (born 1819)
- December 14 â Robert Richardson Banks, English architect, partner of Charles Barry, Jr. (born 1812)
- December 17 â William Slater, London-based architect (born 1819)[6]