1846 in architecture explained

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]

Buildings and structures

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.
• August 31 – St Giles' Catholic Church, Cheadle in England, designed by Augustus Pugin, is consecrated.
• 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

• June — Grace Church, Providence, Rhode Island, designed by Richard Upjohn, is completed (except for the spire, which was not finished until 1860).^[7]
• Macau Government House, built as a private home by Macanese architect Thomaz de Aquino.^[8]
• Murney Tower, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
• Newstead House, Brisbane, Australia.^[9]
• 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)^[10]
• James E. Ware, American architect, originator of the "dumbbell plan" for New York City tenements (died 1918)

Deaths

• January 22 – Louis Baltard, French architect and engraver (born 1764)^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nizamat Imambara. India, the pristine beauty. Online Highways LLC.. 17 June 2012. 29 September 2005.
2. Web site: Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral. Giga-Catholic. 2014-01-08.
3. Web site: Trinity Church, New York City. Sacred Destinations. 2014-06-01.
4. Web site: History. Albert Dock. Liverpool. 2014-06-01. 2014-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20140610025555/http://www.albertdock.com/history/. dead.
5. Book: El Archipiélago Filipino. 531. Washington . Imprenta del Gobierno. 1900.
6. Book: Biddle, Gordon. Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites . Oxford University Press. 2003. 0-19-866247-5.
7. Web site: NRHP nomination for Grace Church. Rhode Island Preservation. 2014-10-13.
8. Web site: San Ma Lo . Walking Tours . Macau Government Tourist Office . 2016-04-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130606044310/http://www.macautourism.gov.mo/en/discovering/walking_tour.php . 2013-06-06 .
9. News: Trent. Dalton. Grand residence. Brisbane News. 2002-11-20. 16. Nationwide News Pty Ltd.
10. Book: Moore, Charles. 1921. XXV: Closing in 1911–1912. Daniel H. Burnham, Architect, Planner of Cities. 2. Boston, Mass. Houghton Mifflin.
11. Baltard, Louis Pierre.