1846 in architecture

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The year 1846 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• December 23 - The Nizamat Imambara, in Murshidabad, India built by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, having been partially burnt down in 1842, is completely destroyed in another fire.^[1]

Notre Dame de Bon Port, Nantes, France

Buildings opened

• January 16 - Shree Govindajee Temple in Imphal, Manipur, commissioned by Raja Nara Singh.
• March 7 - Grace Church (Manhattan), New York City, United States, designed by James Renwick, Jr., is consecrated.
• May 12 - Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral (Brooklyn) holds its first service.^[2]
• May 21 - Trinity Church (Manhattan) in Wall Street, New York City, designed by Richard Upjohn, is consecrated.^[3]
• July 30 - Albert Dock in Liverpool, England, officially opened by Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria.^[4]
• August 4 - Dublin Kingsbridge railway station in Ireland, designed by Sancton Wood.
• September 1 - Pasig River Light, the first lighthouse erected in the Philippines, is lit.^[5]
• September 22 - Lancaster Castle railway station in England, designed by William Tite.
• December 24 - Needham, Stowmarket and Thurston railway stations in Suffolk, England, designed by Frederick Barnes (station buildings completed 1847/9).^[6]

Buildings completed

• Macau Government House, built as a private home by Macanese architect Thomaz de Aquino.^[7]
• Murney Tower, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
• Newstead House, Brisbane, Australia.^[8]
• Notre-Dame de Bon-Port, Nantes, France, designed by Seheult and Joseph-Fleury Chenantais.
• Llandinam Bridge in Montgomeryshire, Wales, designed by Thomas Penson.

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Alfred-Nicolas Normand.

Births

• September 4 - Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban designer (died 1912)^[9]

Deaths

• January 22 - Louis Baltard, French architect and engraver (born 1764)^[10]

References

1. "Nizamat Imambara". India, the pristine beauty. Online Highways LLC. 29 September 2005. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
2. "Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral". Giga-Catholic. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
3. "Trinity Church, New York City". Sacred Destinations. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
4. "History". Liverpool: Albert Dock. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
5. El Archipielago Filipino. Washington: Imprenta del Gobierno. 1900. p. 531.
6. Biddle, Gordon (2003). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866247-5.
7. "San Ma Lo". Walking Tours. Macau Government Tourist Office. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
8. Dalton, Trent (2002-11-20). "Grand residence". Brisbane News. Nationwide News Pty Ltd. p. 16.
9. Moore, Charles (1921). "XXV: Closing in 1911–1912". Daniel H. Burnham, Architect, Planner of Cities. 2. Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin.
10.  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Baltard, Louis Pierre". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.