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Overview of the events of 1855 in architecture
The year 1855 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
Buildings and structures
Buildings completed
- The
Palais de l'Industrie for the
Exposition Universelle in
Paris, France, mainly designed by the architect
Jean-Marie-Victor Viel and the engineer
Alexis Barrault.
-
Église Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile [
fr] in Paris, designed by
Louis-Auguste Boileau, is completed.
-
Church of St John the Evangelist, Preston, Lancashire, England, designed by
E. H. Shellard, is completed.
- The
Old Stone Church (Cleveland, Ohio) in the United States, designed by Charles Heard and Simeon Porter.
- Church of
Saint Bartholomew, Brugherio in Italy, rebuilt to the design of
Giacomo Moraglia, is completed.
-
St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney,
Ireland (
Roman Catholic), to the design of
Augustus Pugin following his death.
- The
Victoria Tower of the
Palace of Westminster in
London, England, as The King's Tower, designed by
Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin.
-
Neues Museum,
Berlin,
Prussia, designed by
Friedrich August Stüler.
- The original
Smithsonian Institution Building in
Washington, D.C., to the 1846 design of
James Renwick Jr.
-
Fremantle Prison in Western Australia, opened.
Awards
Births
Deaths
-
January 5 –
Mihály Pollack, Austrian-born Neoclassical architect working in
Pest, Hungary (born
1773)
-
March 3 –
Robert Mills, American architect, designer of the Washington Monument (born
1781)
-
March 11 –
James Gillespie Graham, Scottish architect (born
1776)
-
March 27 –
Richard Cromwell Carpenter, English ecclesiastical architect (born
1812)
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September 12 –
John McCurdy, Irish architect, official architect to Trinity College, Dublin (born
1824)
[2]
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December 20 –
Thomas Cubitt, English master builder (born
1785)
[3]
References