1797 in architecture

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The year 1797 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

First Bank of the United States, Philadelphia

Ditherington Flax Mill, in Shrewsbury, England, is completed; by the end of the 20th century it will be the oldest iron-framed building in the world and is seen as the world's first skyscraper.[1]
First Bank of the United States in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by Samuel Blodgett, is completed (begun in 1795).[2]
Old City Hall (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is completed.
Hassan Basha Mosque in Oran is built.
St Mary's Church, Banbury in England, designed by S. P. Cockerell, is completed.
Palace of Shaki Khans in Shaki, Azerbaijan is built.

Births

May 3 – George Webster, English architect (died 1864)
October 8 – Ludwig Förster, German-born Austrian religious architect (died 1863)

Deaths

October 4 – Anthony Keck, English architect (born 1726)

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gollark: It's still stupid. If the data is *there*, you can read it, no way around that.

gollark: This is something where you could probably make it actually-secure-ish through asymmetric cryptography, but just using a symmetric algorithm and hoping nobody will ever dump the keys is moronically stupid.

gollark: Indeed.

gollark: It seems like one of those things which can never actually work as long as someone cares enough to break it.

References

England, Historic. "Revolution, Innovation, Evolution | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
Survey, Historic American Buildings. "First Bank of the United States, 120 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 27 August 2018.

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[1] England, Historic. "Revolution, Innovation, Evolution | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2018.

[2] Survey, Historic American Buildings. "First Bank of the United States, 120 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 27 August 2018.