1867 in architecture

The year 1867 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Grande halle de la Villette

Events

• May 12 — Construction work begins on Toluca Cathedral in Mexico.^[1]
• May 20 — Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone for the Royal Albert Hall in London, designed by Captain Francis Fowke and Colonel H. Y. Darracott Scott.
• date unknown — The United States Congress directs the United States Army Corps of Engineers to begin improvements on the Navigation Structures at Frankfort Harbor, Michigan.^[2]

Buildings opened

• January 1 — The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky, USA.
• May 11 — St Nedelya Church, Sofia, Bulgaria (rebuilt)
• July 30 — Kvæfjord Church, Norway, designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan^[3]
• July 31 — St Giles Church, Willenhall, England (consecrated).
• September 27 — Zagreb Synagogue (consecrated)

Buildings completed

• Russian-American Building No. 29, Sitka, Alaska, USA.
• Grande halle de la Villette (abattoir), Paris, France, designed by Jules de Mérindol and Louis-Adolphe Janvier^[4]

Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal — Charles Texier.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture — Émile Bénard.

Developments

• Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete.

Births

• March 10 — Hector Guimard, French Art Nouveau architect (died 1942)
• June 8 — Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator (died 1959)
• June 22 — John A. Pearson, British-born Canadian architect (died 1940)^[5]
• November 24 — Detmar Blow, English Arts and Crafts architect (died 1939)

Deaths

• March 25 — Jakob Ignaz Hittorff, Franco-German architect, who supervised changes at Palais Beauharnais in Paris (born 1792)
• April 18 — Robert Smirke, English Greek Revival architect (born 1780)

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