1803 in architecture explained

The year 1803 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• The Raj Bhavan in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
• Holy Cross Church, Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Charles Bulfinch, dedicated.
• St. John's Chapel (New York City), designed by John McComb, Jr. and his brother Isaac.
• Rivington Unitarian Chapel in Lancashire, England.^[1]
• Bob Church, Cluj, Transylvania.
• Casa del Labrador, designed by Isidro González Velásquez, at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez in Spain is completed.
• Nantwich Bridge in Cheshire, England, built by William Lightfoot.

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François-Narcisse Pagot.

Births

• April 3 – David Bryce, Scottish architect (died 1876)
• April 20 – Christian Hansen, Danish historicist architect (died 1883)
• August 3 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener, architect and MP (died 1865)^[2]
• October 16 – Robert Stephenson, English railway civil and mechanical engineer (died 1859)
• November 29 – Gottfried Semper, German architect, art critic and professor of architecture (died 1879)^[3]

Deaths

• date unknown – Ottone Calderari, Italian architect and writer (born 1730)

Notes and References

1. http://www.unitarian.org.uk/mda/RIVINGTON/ Rivington Unitarian Chapel.
2. Book: Colquhoun, Kate. A Thing in Disguise: The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton. Fourth Estate. 2003. 0-00-714353-2.
3. Book: Herrmann, Wolfgang. Gottfried Semper: In Search of Architecture. registration . Cambridge, Massachusetts; London. 1984. 0-262-08144-X.