1867 in architecture explained

The year 1867 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• May 12 – Construction work begins on Toluca Cathedral in Mexico.^[1]
• May 20 – Queen Victoria lays the foundation stone for the Royal Albert Hall in London, designed by Captain Francis Fowke and Colonel H. Y. Darracott Scott.
• Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete.
• Ildefons Cerdà publishes Teoría General de la Urbanización ("General Theory of Urbanization").
• The United States Congress directs the United States Army Corps of Engineers to begin improvements on the Navigation Structures at Frankfort Harbor, Michigan.^[2]

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

• January 1 – The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio and Covington, Kentucky, United States
• May 11 – St Nedelya Church, Sofia, Bulgaria (rebuilt)
• July 30 – Kvæfjord Church, Norway, designed by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan^[3]
• July 31 – St Giles Church, Willenhall, England (consecrated)
• September 27 – Zagreb Synagogue (consecrated)

Buildings completed

• Russian-American Building No. 29, Sitka, Alaska
• Grande halle de la Villette (abattoir), Paris, France, designed by Jules de Mérindol and Louis-Adolphe Janvier^[4]

Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Texier.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Émile Bénard.

Births

• February 2 - Theodate Pope Riddle, American architect (died 1946)
• March 10 – Hector Guimard, French Art Nouveau architect (died 1942)
• April 27 – Charles Nicholson, English ecclesiastical architect (died 1949)
• June 8 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, interior designer, writer and educator (died 1959)
• June 22 – John A. Pearson, English-born Canadian architect (died 1940)^[5]
• August 15 - Henry Hornbostel, American architect and academic (died 1967)
• October 11 – Francis Rattenbury, English-born Canadian architect (murdered 1935)
• October 17 – Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Catalan Spanish Modernista architect (died 1956)
• November 24 – Detmar Blow, English Arts and Crafts architect (died 1939)

Deaths

• March 6 – József Hild, Hungarian architect (born 1789)
• March 25 – Jakob Ignaz Hittorff, Franco-German architect, who supervised changes at Palais Beauharnais in Paris (born 1792)
• April 18 – Robert Smirke, English Greek Revival architect (born 1780)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Catedral . Toluca.gob.mx . Spanish . 2014-08-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140814183908/http://www.toluca.gob.mx/catedral-0 . 2014-08-14 .
2. Web site: Frankfort North Breakwater Light. Seeing the Light. Terry. Pepper. 2014-01-01.
3. Web site: Kvæfjord kirke. Norwegian. Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. 2012-08-12.
4. Book: Tate, Alan. Great City Parks. 2012-05-18. 2001-08-13. Taylor & Francis. 978-0-419-24420-2. 58–.
5. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-andrew-pearson John A Pearson