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Overview of the events of 1840 in architecture
The year 1840 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings opened
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11 May –
Wingfield railway station in
England, designed by
Francis Thompson, is opened.
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31 August –
Bristol Temple Meads railway station in England, designed by
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is opened.
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July Column,
Place de la Bastille,
Paris, designed by
Jean-Antoine Alavoine and
Joseph-Louis Duc, erected, incorporating
Auguste Dumont's Génie de la Liberté and
bas-reliefs by
Antoine-Louis Barye and others.
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Khaplu Palace built.
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Old Patent Office Building,
Washington D.C.,
United States completed by
Robert Mills.
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Forglen House,
Scotland, designed by
John Smith, is completed at about this date.
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Awards
Births
Deaths
References