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1750 In Architecture
The year 1750 in architecture involved some significant events. Events * November 18 – Westminster Bridge across the River Thames in London, designed by Swiss-born engineer Charles Labelye, is officially opened. * Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire, England, is commissioned by Sir Nathaniel Curzon (later 1st Baron Scarsdale), to be designed by James Paine and Matthew Brettingham. * Calcot Park, Berkshire, England, is rebuilt by John Blagrave, following a fire. * William Halfpenny publishes ''Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste'' in England. Buildings and structures Buildings * Azm Palace, Damascus * Christoffel Vought Farmstead, New Jersey * Preservation Hall, a private residence in the New Orleans French Quarter (it will serve as a tavern during the War of 1812) * Fort Rensellear in Canajoharie, New York Births * January 21 – François Baillairgé, architect, painter and sculptor (died 1830) * May 20 – William Thornton, British-American physician, inventor, painter a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christoffel Vought Farmstead
Christoffel Vought Farmstead, commonly known as the 1759 Vought House, is located near Annandale in Clinton Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Built in 1759, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 16, 2008, for its significance in agriculture, archaeology, architecture, exploration/settlement and military history. The building is on Preservation New Jersey's 2010 10 Most Endangered Historic Sites list. The building is located on the grounds of thClinton Township Middle Schooland is owned by the Clinton Township Board of Education. History Christoffel Vought's parents were German Lutheran immigrants from the Electoral Palatinate. Christoffel built the -story stone house in 1759. The house is a heavy timber frame, and the walls are made with wattle and daub. Distinctive features of the interior are four original plaster ceilings with geometric designs. The house was part of a 258-acre farm. Christoffel Vought was a loyalist during the America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1828 In Architecture
The year 1828 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings Openings * July 17 – Stone Kingston Bridge, London, designed by Edward Lapidge. * October 25 – St Katharine Docks in London, designed by Philip Hardwick. Completions * St Stephen's Church, Edinburgh, designed by William Henry Playfair. * St John on Bethnal Green, London, designed by John Soane. * Second Christiansborg Palace (2nd), Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, Denmark. * Flagstaff Tower, Delhi, India. * Jašiūnai Manor, Lithuania, designed by Karol Podczaszyński. * Raczyński Library, Poznań, Poland. * Kremlin Arsenal, Moscow, Russia. * Pont de l'Archevêché, Paris, France. * Chaudière Bridge, Ottawa, Canada, designed by Colonel John By. * Seán Heuston Bridge, Kings Bridge, Dublin, Ireland, designed by George Papworth. * Western Pavilion, Brighton, UK, designed by Amon Henry Wilds. * Westminster Arcade in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, built by Russell Warren (architect), Russell Warren and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Thornton
William Thornton (May 20, 1759 – March 28, 1828) was a British-American physician, inventor, painter and architect who designed the United States Capitol. He also served as the first Architect of the Capitol and first Superintendent of the United States Patent Office. Early life From an early age William Thornton displayed interest and discernible talent in "the arts of design," to employ an 18th-century term that is particularly useful in assessing his career. Thornton was born on Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands, West Indies, in a Quaker community.Frary (1969), p. 29 where he was heir to sugar plantations. He was sent to England at age five to be educated. Frary Thornton was brought up strictly by his father's relations, Quakers and merchants, in and near the ancient castle town of Lancaster, in northern Lancashire, England. There was never any question of his pursuing the fine arts professionally—he was to be trained for a useful life, according to the Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May 20
Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. * 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose her successor for the Byzantine throne, after Zeno (late emperor) dies of dysentery. * 685 – The Battle of Dun Nechtain is fought between a Pictish army under King Bridei III and the invading Northumbrians under King Ecgfrith, who are decisively defeated. * 794 – While visiting the royal Mercian court at Sutton Walls with a view to marrying princess Ælfthryth, King Æthelberht II of East Anglia is taken captive and beheaded. *1217 – The Second Battle of Lincoln is fought near Lincoln, England, resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke. *1293 – King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Estudio de Escuelas de Generales in Alcalá de Henares. *1426 – King Mohn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1830 In Architecture
The year 1830 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Buildings * The Altes Museum in Berlin, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, which was begun in 1823, is completed. * The Glyptothek museum in Munich, designed by Leo von Klenze, is completed. * The Museo Correr, a museum in Venice, Italy, is established. * The Yorkshire Museum in York, England is completed. * The Wellington Arch in London, designed by Decimus Burton, is completed in its original position. * St Mary's Church, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England, designed by Joseph Potter, is consecrated. * Old Mosque, Ufa, Russia. * Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened in England. The two original terminuses are Crown Street station in Liverpool and Liverpool Road station in Manchester. Births * April 14 — William R. Walker, American architect based in Providence, Rhode Island (died 1905) * June 7 – Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (died 1880) * July 19 – Alfred Waterhou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Baillairgé
François Baillairgé (21 January 1759 – 15 September 1830) was an architect who also pursued painting and wood sculpture. The son of Jean Baillairgé, François began an apprenticeship in his father's shop at the age of 14. There he studied and practised woodworking, wood-carving, and architecture. His brother, Pierre-Florent, was also active as a carver and joiner in the business. He also studied at the ''Petit Séminaire de Québec'' and then studied in Paris for three years, returning to Lower Canada in 1781. His training in Paris, although not completed, gave him a strong foundation in painting, sculpture, and architecture. A great deal of his work was in the field of painting and he was very productive although he did not achieve a level of success that matched his ambition. He had a high level of achievement as a wood-carver in architectural projects working through his father's workshop. By 1815, he had introduced his son, Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
January 21
Events Pre-1600 * 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. * 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. * 1535 – Following the Affair of the Placards, the French king leads an anti-Protestant procession through Paris. 1601–1900 * 1720 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm. * 1749 – The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754. * 1774 – Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. * 1789 – The first American novel, ''The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canajoharie (village), New York
Canajoharie () is a village in the Town of Canajoharie in Montgomery County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village had a population of 2,229. The name is said to be a Mohawk language term meaning "the pot that washes itself," referring to the "Canajoharie Boiling Pot," a circular gorge in the Canajoharie Creek, just south of the village. The village of Canajoharie is at the north border of the Town of Canajoharie; it is west of Amsterdam and east of Utica. The village and town name also refer to Canajoharie, a historic Mohawk town that was located west of here, referred to by the English colonists as the "Upper Castle." A church stands at that site from the pre-revolutionary era; the Mohawk Upper Castle Historic District is a National Historic Landmark. The village of Canajoharie is home to one of a handful of operating " dummy lights" in the United States, located downtown at the intersection of Church, Mohawk and Montgomery Streets. It is a traffic s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Rensellear
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its 'cyclopean' walls). A Greek '' phrourion'' was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or English fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and borders. Though smaller than a real fortress, they acted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
