1855 in architecture
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The year 1855 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- October 15 - The second of the Prussia Columns is inaugurated, on the 60th birthday of their instigator, King Frederick William IV of Prussia.[1]
Buildings completed
- The Palais d'Industrie is built for the World Fair in Paris, France
- The Old Stone Church, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
- St Mary's Cathedral, Killarney (Roman Catholic), Ireland, is completed to the design of Augustus Welby Pugin following his death.
- The Victoria Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, UK, to the designs of Charles Barry and Augustus Welby Pugin.
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Jacques Ignace Hittorff.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture - Honoré Daumet.
Births
- November 24 - Thomas Sully, self-trained US architect (died 1939)
Deaths
- March 3 - Robert Mills, American architect, designer of the Washington Monument (born 1781)
- September 12 - John McCurdy, Irish architect, official architect to Trinity College, Dublin (born 1824)[2]
- December 20 - Thomas Cubitt, English master builder (born 1785)[3]
References
- ^ Society for the Preservation of the Prussia Columns (Verein zur Erhaltung der Preußensäulen)
- ^ Daly, Mary; Hearn, Mona; Pearson, Peter (1998). Dublin's Victorian Houses. Dublin: A. & A. Farmar. pp. 160–161. ISBN 1899047425.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Holland & Hannen and Cubitts - The Inception and Development of a Great Building Firm. 1920. p. 35.