1879 in architecture
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The year 1879 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- The Linderhof in Bavaria, designed by Georg Dollman is completed.
- St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, United States is dedicated.
- Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut is completed.
- Votivkirche in Vienna, Austria is dedicated.
- Provident Life & Trust Company, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by Frank Furness is completed.
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Marquis de Vogue
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown)
Births
- June 6 - Patrick Abercrombie (died 1957)
- September 16 - Josep Maria Jujol (died 1949)
- H. Craig Severance (died 1941)
Deaths
- May 15 - Gottfried Semper (born 1803)
- September 17 - Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (born 1814), French architect and architectural theorist
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