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Overview of the events of 1824 in architecture
The year 1824 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
Park Square, London , east sideThe Second Bank of the United States in Philadelphia , designed by William Strickland , is completed.
Camden Chapel, Camden Town , London, designed by William and Henry Inwood , is completed.Commissioners' churches in London completed:
St Matthew's Church, Brixton , London, designed by Charles F. Porden, is completed.St Andrew's Church, Liverpool , England, designed by Daniel Stewart and John Foster , is opened.[ 1] St James' Church, Sydney , Australia, designed by Francis Greenway , is consecrated.The Edinburgh Academy in Scotland, designed by William Burn , is opened.
The Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts , designed by Alexander Parris , is opened.
The Chatham Garden Theatre in New York City, designed by George Conklin, is opened.
The Kurhaus of Baden-Baden in Germany is designed by Friedrich Weinbrenner .
Park Square, London , designed by John Nash , is completed.Abbotsford House in Scotland is completed for Sir Walter Scott .Final remodelling of the houses that will become Sir John Soane's Museum in London by Soane is completed.
Reconstruction of Windsor Castle , England , to the design of Jeffry Wyattville , commences.
Windsor Bridge across the River Thames in England, designed by Charles Hollis, is opened.Aldford Iron Bridge across the River Dee in Cheshire, England, designed by Thomas Telford , is completed.Pochtamtsky Bridge in Saint Petersburg (pedestrian suspension), designed by Wilhelm von Traitteur and Christianovich, is completed.
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References
^ Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West . The Buildings of England. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. p. 361. ISBN 0-300-10910-5
