1844 in architecture
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The year 1844 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
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- June 12 – Abingdon Road railway station near Culham on the line to Oxford in England, designed by I. K. Brunel.
- August 21 – St Mary's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne (Roman Catholic, later Cathedral) in England, designed by Augustus Pugin.{{cite book|first=Rosemary|last=Hill|title=God's Architect: Pugin and the building of romantic Britain|publisher=Penguin Books|location=London|year=2008|isbn=978-0-14-028099-9}}
- August 27 – St Barnabas Church, Nottingham (Roman Catholic, later Cathedral) in England, designed by Augustus Pugin.
- October – The Grange, Ramsgate (house), designed for himself by Augustus Pugin.
- Autumn – The Scott Monument in Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by George Meikle Kemp.
- New buildings for Marischal College, Aberdeen, Scotland, designed by Archibald Simpson.
- Bell tower of Dormition Cathedral, Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Berkshire County Gaol, Reading, England, designed by George Gilbert Scott with William Bonython Moffatt.
- Berry Hill, near Halifax, Virginia.
Events
- July 27 – Vang Stave Church, relocated from Vang, Norway, to Brückenberg, Silesia, is reconsecrated.
- Eugène Viollet-le-Duc and Jean-Baptiste Lassus win a competition for the restoration of the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris.
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Prosper Desbuisson.
Births
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- January 3 – Hermann Eggert, German architect (died 1920)
- June 23 – Émile Bénard, French architect and painter (died 1929)
- July 3 – Dankmar Adler, German-born American architect (died 1900)
Deaths
- March 6 – George Meikle Kemp, designer of the Scott Monument in Edinburgh (born 1795; drowned).Bonnar, Thomas (1892). A Biographical Sketch of George Meikle Kemp. Edinburgh: Blackwood, pp.144–146
- April 15 – Charles Bulfinch, first native-born American to practice architecture as a professionBaltzell, Edward Digby. Puritan Boston & Quaker Philadelphia. Transaction Publishers (1996), p. 322–24. {{ISBN|1-56000-830-X}}. (born 1763)