1847 in architecture

The year 1847 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Events

• May – The Architectural Association School of Architecture is founded in London.[1]

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

The Roquefavour Aqueduct in the south of France

• March 31 – The first mass is celebrated in St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal, designed by Pierre-Louis Morin and Father Félix Martin.[2][3]
• April 15 – Lords Chamber in the Palace of Westminster in London, rebuilt to the design of Charles Barry with decoration by Augustus Pugin.
• June 28 – Trains first use Broadstone railway station in Dublin, Ireland, designed by John Skipton Mulvany.
• June 30 – Water first flows along the Roquefavour Aqueduct in the south of France, engineered by Jean François Mayor de Montricher.
• August 3 – Trains first use Huddersfield railway station in the north of England, designed by James Pigott Pritchett.
• September 10 – Trains first use Carlisle Citadel railway station in the north of England, designed by William Tite.
• November – Trains first use Bury St Edmunds railway station in the east of England, probably designed by Sancton Wood.[4]
• First performance at the Carltheater in Vienna, designed by Eduard van der Nüll and August Sicard von Sicardsburg.

Buildings completed

• Madina Mosque, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India, rebuilt under the supervision of Sadeq Ali Khan.[5]
• St Marie's Church (Roman Catholic), Rugby, England, designed by Augustus Pugin.
• Rectory, Rampisham, Dorset, England, designed by Augustus Pugin.

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Louis-Jules André.

Births

• March 21 – Fredrik Olaus Lindström, Swedish city architect (died 1919)[6]
• April 16 – Hans Auer, Austrian architect (died 1906)
• June 9 – Alajos Hauszmann, Austro-Hungarian architect and professor (died 1926)[7]
• August 24 – Charles Follen McKim, American architect (died 1909)

Archibald Simpson

• date unknown
  • John Beswicke, Australian architect and surveyor (died 1925)
  • Alexandru Săvulescu, Romanian architect (died 1902)

Deaths

• March 23 – Archibald Simpson, Scottish architect practicing in Aberdeen (born 1790)
• October 13 – Lewis Nockalls Cottingham, English architect, pioneer in the study of Medieval Gothic architecture (born 1787)[8]
• November 26 – Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, English architect, designer of St George's Hall, Liverpool (born 1814; consumption)[9]

References

1. John Summerson: The Architectural Association 1847–1947, Pleiades Books, London 1947.
2. "Saint-Patrick's Basilica". Images Montréal. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
3. Designated a National Historic Site of Canada. St. Patrick's Basilica National Historic Site of Canada. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
4. Biddle, Gordon (2003). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866247-5.
5. "Heritage Murshidabad » Imambara". Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2012-06-17.
6. "F. O. Lindström" (in Swedish). Västerbottens museum. Archived from the original on 2011-08-02. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
7. Gerle, János, ed. (2002). Hauszmann Alajos. Budapest: Holnap Kiadó. ISBN 963-346-526-5.
8. Eastlake, Charles Locke (1872). A History of the Gothic Revival. London: Longmans, Green & Co. p. 109.
9. Watkin, David (2004). "Elmes, Harvey Lonsdale (1814–1847)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8732. Retrieved 2014-06-01. (subscription or UK public library membership required)