1807 in architecture

The year 1807 in architecture involved some significant events.

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Events

• John Smith is appointed official city architect of Aberdeen in Scotland.^[1]
• St Mark's Basilica in Venice is consecrated as a cathedral.

Buildings and structures

See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1807

Buildings

 

San Pietro di Cremeno, Genoa, Italy

• The church of San Pietro di Cremeno, Genoa, Italy, is built.
• The Templo de la Virgen del Carmen church in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, designed by Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras, is completed.
• Saint Petersburg Manege (riding school), designed by Giacomo Quarenghi, is completed.
• "Old Academy" building for Perth Academy, Scotland, designed by Robert Reid, is completed.
• Chester City Club in England, designed by Thomas Harrison, is built as the Commercial Coffee Room.^[2]
• Huguang Guild Hall in Beijing, is built.
• Royal Crescent, Brighton, England (begun 1798) is completed.
• In Lincoln County, Maine, the Nichols-Sortwell House and Castle Tucker, examples of federal architecture, are built at Wiscasset's seaport on the Sheepscot River.

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Nicolas Huyot.

Births

 

John Carr

• April 28 – Alan Stevenson, Scottish lighthouse engineer (died 1865)
• September 26 – John Hayward, English architect (died 1891)

Deaths

• February 22 – John Carr, English architect (born 1723)

References

1. Geddes, Jane (2001). Deeside and the Mearns: An Illustrated Architectural Guide. Edinburgh: Rutland Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-1-873190-40-1.
2. Langtree, Stephen; Comyns, Alan, eds. (2001). 2000 Years of Building: Chester's Architectural Legacy. Chester: Chester Civic Trust. p. 142. ISBN 0-9540152-0-7.