1847 in architecture explained

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

Events

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

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

• 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)

• 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]

Notes and References

1. John Summerson: The Architectural Association 1847–1947, Pleiades Books, London 1947.
2. Web site: Saint-Patrick's Basilica. Images Montréal. 2014-10-01.
3. Designated a National Historic Site of Canada.
4. Book: Biddle, Gordon. Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites. Oxford University Press. 2003. 0-19-866247-5.
5. Web site: Heritage Murshidabad » Imambara. Government of West Bengal. 2012-06-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20111207000455/http://westbengaltourism.gov.in/web/guest/imambara. 2011-12-07. dead.
6. Web site: F. O. Lindström. Västerbottens museum. Swedish. https://web.archive.org/web/20120328110743/http://www.vbm.se/avdelningar/byggnadsvard1/arkitektur-i-umea/husritare/f-o-lindstrem.html. 2012-03-28. dead. 2011-08-02.
7. Book: Gerle, János. Hauszmann Alajos. Holnap Kiadó. Budapest. 2002. 963-346-526-5.
8. Book: Eastlake, Charles Locke. Charles Eastlake

   . Charles Eastlake. 1872. A History of the Gothic Revival. London. Longmans, Green & Co. 109.

9. David. Watkin. David Watkin (historian). Elmes, Harvey Lonsdale (1814–1847). 2004. 10.1093/ref:odnb/8732. 2014-06-01.