1807 in architecture
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The year 1807 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
[edit]- John Smith is appointed official city architect of Aberdeen in Scotland.[1]
- St Mark's Basilica in Venice is consecrated as a cathedral.
Buildings and structures
[edit]Buildings
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- The church of San Pietro di Cremeno, Genoa, Italy, is built.
- The Templo de la Virgen del Carmen church in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, designed by Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras, is completed.
- Saint Petersburg Manege (riding school), designed by Giacomo Quarenghi, is completed.
- "Old Academy" building for Perth Academy, Scotland, designed by Robert Reid, is completed.
- Chester City Club in England, designed by Thomas Harrison, is built as the Commercial Coffee Room.[2]
- Huguang Guild Hall in Beijing, is built.
- Royal Crescent, Brighton, England (begun 1798) is completed.
- In Lincoln County, Maine, the Nichols-Sortwell House and Castle Tucker, examples of federal architecture, are built at Wiscasset's seaport on the Sheepscot River.
Awards
[edit]- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Nicolas Huyot.
Births
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- April 28 – Alan Stevenson, Scottish lighthouse engineer (died 1865)
- September 26 – John Hayward, English architect (died 1891)
Deaths
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Geddes, Jane (2001). Deeside and the Mearns: An Illustrated Architectural Guide. Edinburgh: Rutland Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-873190-40-1.
- ^ Langtree, Stephen; Comyns, Alan, eds. (2001). 2000 Years of Building: Chester's Architectural Legacy. Chester: Chester Civic Trust. p. 142. ISBN 0-9540152-0-7.
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