1877 in architecture
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The year 1877 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
Manchester Town Hall, England
- Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (shopping arcade) in Milan, designed by Giuseppe Mengoni, is completed.
- Galleria dell'Industria Subalpina in Turin, designed by Pietro Carrera, is completed.
- Manchester Town Hall in Manchester, England, designed by Alfred Waterhouse, is completed.
- New railway stations for the North Eastern Railway (United Kingdom) are completed at York, largely designed by Thomas Prosser, and Middlesbrough, designed by William Peachey.
- Maria Pia Bridge in Porto, Portugal, built by Gustave Eiffel, is completed.
- Rebuilt Ardverikie House in Scotland, designed by John Rhind, is completed.[1]
Events
- Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings founded in London by William Morris.
- Richard Norman Shaw appointed architect to Bedford Park, London.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal - Charles Barry (junior).
Births
- May 14 - Randall Wells, English Arts and Crafts architect (died 1942)
- June 12 - Johann Friedrich Höger, German architect (died 1949)
- December 6 - Paul Bonatz, German architect (died 1956)
Deaths
- May 8 - Edmund Sharpe, English architect and architectural historian (born 1809)
- October 8 - John Raphael Rodrigues Brandon, English Gothic Revival architect (born 1817)