1883 in architecture explained

The year 1883 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• March 10 – The Ames Free Library opens to the public "without fanfare and ceremony."^[1] Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson.
• May 1 – The Examination Schools of the University of Oxford, designed by Thomas G. Jackson, are formally opened.^[2]
• May 24 – Brooklyn Bridge, designed by John A. Roebling, is completed.^[3]
• May 26 – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, designed by Konstantin Thon, is dedicated.
• August 29 – Dunfermline Carnegie Library opened, the first of over 2,500 Carnegie Libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie.^[4]
• Albany City Hall in Albany, New York, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 'Richardsonian Romanesque' style, is completed.
• Vienna City Hall (Rathaus), designed by Friedrich von Schmidt in Gothic Revival style, is completed.
• The Home Insurance Building in Chicago designed by William LeBaron Jenney (demolished 1931).
• The Kuhns Building in Dayton, Ohio, is constructed.
• Hotel Windsor (Melbourne), Australia, designed by Charles Webb, is completed.
• Cane Hill Hospital in Coulsdon, London, is completed.
• Coney Hill Hospital (Gloucestershire County Asylum) in Gloucester, England, designed by John Giles and Edward Gough, is partially completed.
• Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, England, designed by Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur, is opened for guests.
• Billings Memorial Library at the University of Vermont in Burlington, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, is built.
• New Church, Anerley, London, designed by W. J. E. Henley of the Concrete Building Company, completed.^[5]

Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Francis Penrose.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Gaston Redon.

Births

• January 8 – Robert Atkinson, English Art Deco architect (died 1952)
• February 15 – Richard Konwiarz, German architect (died 1960)
• May 18 – Walter Gropius, German modernist architect (died 1969)
• May 28 – Clough Williams-Ellis, British architect (died 1978)
• June 25 – Paul Bartholomew, American architect (died 1973)
• August 23 – Alker Tripp, English town planner (died 1954)
• August 30 – Theo van Doesburg, Dutch De Stijl architect (died 1931)
• December 19 – Barry Byrne, American Prairie School architect (died 1967)

Deaths

• June 3 – Emilio De Fabris, Italian architect (born 1808)
• October 22 – John Henry Chamberlain, English Gothic Revival architect working in Birmingham (born 1831)

Notes and References

1. Web site: A Centennial History of Ames Free Library of Easton, Inc. 1883-1983 . Ames Free Library . Ames Free Library . 27 October 2018 . Saturday, March 10, 1883 - opening day at Ames Free Library.
2. Book: Whyte. William. Oxford Jackson: Architecture, Education, Status, and Style 1835–1924. 2006. Clarendon Press. 978-0-19-929658-3. 53 & 56. en.
3. Book: Edwards. Maurice. How Music Grew in Brooklyn: A Biography of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. 2006. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-5666-0. 20. en.
4. Web site: Dunfermline, Abbot Street, Carnegie Central Library Canmore. canmore.org.uk. 7 June 2017. en.
5. Web site: The Concrete Church. The Norwood Society. 1994. 2020-07-14.