1819 in architecture

The year 1819 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Events

• Construction of Karlsborg Fortress in Sweden begins.
• Construction of Mikhailovsky Palace in Saint Petersburg begins.
• Sculptural work begins at the Schauspielhaus in Berlin (the modern-day Konzerthaus Berlin), designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

Vartiovuori Observatory

Buildings and structures

Buildings completed

• Casa de la Guerra, Santa Barbara, USA
• Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, USA, designed by Alexander Parris and Solomon Willard[1]
• Greek-Catholic Church in Giurtelecu Şimleului, Romania (demolished in 1973)
• The Plymouth Athenaeum, England, designed by John Foulston (destroyed in 1941)
• New Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris, designed by Pierre Thomas Baraguay (opened in September)
• Vartiovuori Observatory, Turku, Finland[2]

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Félix-Emmanuel Callet and Jean-Baptiste Lesueur.

Births

• January 20 – Edward Milner, English landscape architect (died 1884)
• February 8 – John Ruskin, English polymath and critic (died 1900)
• May 15 – Alphonse Balat, Belgian architect (died 1895)

Pierre-Adrien Pâris

• May 20 – Sir Horace Jones, Architect and Surveyor to the City of London (died 1887)[3]
• Approximate date – Francis Fowler, English architect (died 1893)

Deaths

• January 22 – Gian Antonio Selva, Italian neoclassical architect (born 1751)
• March 13 – Charles Wyatt, English politician and architect (born 1758)
• August 1 – Pierre-Adrien Pâris, French architect, painter and designer (born 1745)

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
2. Karttunen H. (1996). Vanhin tiede, Ursa. ISBN 951-9269-83-5 (in Finnish)
3. G. C. Boase, Jones, Sir Horace (1819–1887) rev. Valerie Scott, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004 (Subscription required)