1893 in architecture
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The year 1893 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- Refinery for Pacific Coast Borax Company is the first reinforced concrete building in the United States.
- Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States is completed.
- St. Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland is completed.
- St. Michael the Archangel Church in Kaunas, Lithuania is completed.
- Work on St. Monica's Colored Parish is begun.
- Work on World Columbian Exposition is completed. The exposition opens to the public in May 1893.
- Broad Street Station - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by Frank Furness. At the time, the largest passenger railroad terminal in the world.
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Richard Morris Hunt.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
Births
- September 15 - Rene Paul Chambellan, American architectural sculptor (d. 1955)
- September 20 - Hans Scharoun, German architect (d. 1972)