1886 in architecture explained

The year 1886 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

• Patrick Manogue, Sacramento's first bishop, acquires the land to build the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in the United States, designed by Bryan J. Klinch.^[1]

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

• June 30 – Founder's Building at Royal Holloway College for women, Egham, near London, designed by William Henry Crossland.
• July – Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, designed by Christian Jank and realized by Eduard Riedel, is opened to the public, although incomplete.
• October 28 – Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, United States, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi with engineering by Gustave Eiffel and Maurice Koechlin.^[2]
• October 31 – Dom Luís Bridge in Porto, designed by Téophile Seyrig.

Buildings completed

• Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, designed by John C. Cochrane and Alfred H. Piquenard
• National Assembly building in Sofia, designed by Konstantin Jovanović.
• Hotel Cecil, London, United Kingdom, designed by Perry & Reed.
• Hawick Town Hall, Scotland, designed by James Campbell Walker.
• Oulu City Hall, Finland, designed by Johan Erik Stenberg.^[3]

Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Garnier.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Louvet (First Prize & Second).

Births

• March 24 – Robert Mallet-Stevens, French architect (died 1945)
• March 27
  • Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect (died 1969)^[4]
  • Clemens Holzmeister, Austrian architect and stage designer (died 1983)
• June 17 – George Howe, American International Style architect and educator (died 1955)
• July 27 – Ernst May, German architect and city planner (died 1970)^[5]
• Yehuda Magidovitch, Ukrainian-born Israeli architect (died 1961)

Deaths

• April 18 – Sancton Wood, English railway station architect (born 1815)
• April 27 – Henry Hobson Richardson, American architect (born 1838)^[6]
• July 17 – David Stevenson, Scottish lighthouse engineer (born 1815)
• October 6 – E. W. Godwin, English architect and designer (born 1833)
• November 4 – George Devey, English country house architect (born 1820)

Notes and References

1. Book: Diocese of Sacramento. The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament. 8. Editions Du Signe. 2005.
2. Book: Khan, Yasmin Sabina. 2010. Enlightening the World: The Creation of the Statue of Liberty. Ithaca, New York. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-4851-5. 176.
3. Web site: Main building. City of Oulu. 2013-08-13.
4. Book: Schulze, Franz. Mies Van Der Rohe; A Critical Biography. University of Chicago Press. 1985. 0-226-74059-5.
5. Book: Henderson, Susan Rose. The work of Ernst May, 1919–1930, part 1. 1990.
6. Book: O'Gorman, James F.. James F. O'Gorman

   . James F. O'Gorman. Living Architecture: A Biography of H. H. Richardson. 1997. Simon & Schuster. New York. 978-0-684-83618-8. 188.