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The year 1849 in architecture involved some significant events.
* March 1 – Ashby railway station,
Buildings and structures
Buildings
* March 1 – Ashby railway station, Leicestershire
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, England, probably designed by Robert Chaplin, opened.
* May 1 – Stone railway station, Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
, England, designed by H. A. Hunt, opened.
* September 2 – Gare de l'Est railway station in Paris (France), designed by François Duquesnay, opened.
* October 30 – London Coal Exchange
The London Coal Exchange was situated on the north side of Thames Street in the City of London, nearly opposite to Old Billingsgate Market, occupying three different structures from 1770 to 1962. The original coal exchange opened in 1770. ...
opened.
* December 1 – Gothenburg City Hall (Sweden
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), designed by Pehr Johan Ekman, opened.
* Church of the Immaculate Conception, Farm Street, central London, designed by Joseph John Scoles, completed.
* All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, south London, designed by Lewis Vulliamy, interior completed.
* Boston Custom House ( Massachusetts), designed by Ammi B. Young
Ammi Burnham Young (June 19, 1798 – March 14, 1874) was a 19th-century American architect whose commissions transitioned from the Greek Revival to the Neo-Renaissance styles. His design of the second Vermont State House brought him fame and su ...
, completed.
* Rich-Twinn Octagon House
The Rich-Twinn Octagon House built in 1849 is an historic octagonal house located at 145 Main Street in Akron, New York. It is one of three known octagon houses in Erie County, New York and was "meticulously restored" prior to its 1994 nomina ...
, Akron, New York, built.
Events
* March – ''The Journal of Design and Manufactures'' is established by Henry Cole. * May – '' The Seven Lamps of Architecture'' by John Ruskin is published.Awards
* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Luigi Canina. * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Denis Lebouteux.Births
* January 9 –Gaetano Koch
Gaetano Koch (9 January 1849 – 14 May 1910) was an Italian architect.
Koch was born in Rome, where he made his name with several major works – Palazzo Koch, seat of the Banca d'Italia, and the two porticoed palazzi which form Piazza dell ...
, Italian architect (died 1910
Events
January
* January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas '' Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York C ...
)
* February 22 – Carl Holzmann
Carl Holzmann (22 February 1849, Šitboř ( Poběžovice), Bohemia, Austrian Empire – 14 September 1914, Baden bei Wien, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary) was an Austrian architect who designed several apartment buildings in the centre of Vienn ...
, Austrian architect (died 1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
)
* May 22 – Aston Webb, English architect (died 1930
Events
January
* January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...
)
* August 29 – John Sulman, English-born Australian architect (died 1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
)
Deaths
* April 18 – Carlo Rossi, Neapolitan-born architect working in Saint Petersburg (born1775
Events
Summary
The American Revolutionary War began this year, with the first military engagement being the April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Revere's now-legendary ride. The Second Continental Congress t ...
)
* September – Daniel Robertson, American-born architect and garden designer working in Oxford and Ireland (born c. 1770
Events January– March
* January 1 – The foundation of Fort George, Bombay is laid by Colonel Keating, principal engineer, on the site of the former Dongri Fort.
* February 1 – Thomas Jefferson's home at Shadwell, Virgi ...
)
* Robert Cary Long, Jr., American architect working in Baltimore
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(born 1810
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales.
* January 4 – Australian seal hunter Frederick Hasselborough discovers Campbell Island, in the Subantarctic.
* Janua ...
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* John Pinch the younger, English architect working in Bath
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* Bathing, immersion in a fluid
** Bathtub, a large open container for water, in which a person may wash their body
** Public bathing, a public place where people bathe
* Thermae, ancient Roman public bathing facilities
Plac ...
(born 1796
Events
January–March
* January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.)
* February 1 – The capital ...
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References
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