1807 in architecture
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The year 1807 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
- John Smith is appointed official city architect of Aberdeen in Scotland.{{cite book|last=Geddes|first=Jane|title=Deeside and the Mearns: An Illustrated Architectural Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rwxNAAAAYAAJ|year=2001|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Rutland Press|isbn=978-1-873190-40-1|page=57}}
- St Mark's Basilica in Venice is consecrated as a cathedral.
Buildings and structures
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- 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.{{cite book|editor1-last=Langtree|editor1-first=Stephen|editor2-last=Comyns|editor2-first=Alan|year=2001|title=2000 Years of Building: Chester's Architectural Legacy|publication-place=Chester|publisher=Chester Civic Trust|page=142|isbn=0-9540152-0-7}}
- 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
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- April 28 – Alan Stevenson, Scottish lighthouse engineer (died 1865)
- September 26 – John Hayward, English architect (died 1891)
Deaths
References
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