1860 in architecture

Events

• August 22 – The Cenotaph to Matthew Henry, designed by Thomas Harrison, is unveiled in Chester, England.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

• Spring – Willden Fort, Utah, built by Charles William Willden and his son Ellott (no longer standing).
• June – Oxford University Museum of Natural History, designed by Benjamin Woodward.
• August 28 – St. Augustin, Coburg (Bavaria), consecrated by the Archbishop of Bamberg Michael Deinlein.
• November 22 – Solund Church, Norway, designed by Christian Henrik Grosch, consecrated by Bishop Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin.
• November 28 – 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.
• Armour–Stiner House in Irvington, New York.

Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Sydney Smirke

Births

• March 11 – Thomas Hastings, American architect (died 1929)
• May 2 – Lucien Weissenburger, French Art Nouveau architect (died 1929)
• August 20 – Kirtland Cutter, American architect (died 1939)
• date unknown – James Miller, Scottish commercial architect based in Glasgow (died 1947)
• date unknown – Bertie Crewe, English architect (died 1937)

Deaths

• February 1 – Giacomo Moraglia, Milanese neoclassical architect (born 1791)
• February 19 – Edward Lapidge, English architect (born 1779)
• March 6 – Joseph Welland, Irish architect (born 1798)
• April 19 – Karol Podczaszyński, Polish neoclassical architect (born 1790)
• May 12 – Charles Barry, English architect best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (born 1795)
• October 10 – Thomas Larkins Walker, British-born architect (born 1811)

References

References

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6. "welland, joseph - Dictionary of Irish Architects".