1846 in architecture
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The year 1846 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- December 23 – The Nizamat Imambara, in Murshidabad, India built by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, having been partially burnt down in 1842, is completely destroyed in another fire.{{cite web|title=Nizamat Imambara|url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/Nizamat-Imambara-39804.htm|work=India, the pristine beauty|publisher=Online Highways LLC.|access-date=17 June 2012|date=29 September 2005}}
Buildings and structures
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1846}}
=Buildings opened=
File:Albert Dock Liverpool 7.jpg in Liverpool, England]]
- January 16 – Shree Govindajee Temple in Imphal, Manipur, commissioned by Raja Nara Singh.
- March 7 – Grace Church (Manhattan), New York City, United States, designed by James Renwick Jr., is consecrated.
- May 12 – Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral (Brooklyn) holds its first service.{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/northamerica/2393.htm|title=Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral|publisher=Giga-Catholic|access-date=2014-01-08}}
- May 21 – Trinity Church (Manhattan) in Wall Street, New York City, designed by Richard Upjohn, is consecrated.{{cite web|url=http://www.sacred-destinations.com/usa/new-york-city-trinity-church|work=Sacred Destinations|title=Trinity Church, New York City|access-date=2014-06-01}}
- July 30 – Albert Dock in Liverpool, England, officially opened by Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria.{{cite web|url=http://www.albertdock.com/history/|publisher=Albert Dock|location=Liverpool|title=History|access-date=2014-06-01|archive-date=2014-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610025555/http://www.albertdock.com/history/|url-status=dead}}
- August 4 – Dublin Kingsbridge railway station in Ireland, designed by Sancton Wood.
- August 31 – St Giles' Catholic Church, Cheadle in England, designed by Augustus Pugin, is consecrated.
- September 1 – Pasig River Light, the first lighthouse erected in the Philippines, is lit.{{cite book|title=El Archipiélago Filipino|url=https://archive.org/details/afj2108.0002.001.umich.edu|page=531|location=Washington |publisher=Imprenta del Gobierno|year=1900}}
- September 22 – Lancaster Castle railway station in England, designed by William Tite.
- December 24 – Needham, Stowmarket and Thurston railway stations in Suffolk, England, designed by Frederick Barnes (station buildings completed 1847/9).{{cite book|first=Gordon|last=Biddle|title=Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites |publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|isbn=0-19-866247-5}}
=Buildings completed=
File:Iliz Notre-Dame de Bon-Port (Naoned).JPG in Nantes, France]]
- June — Grace Church, Providence, Rhode Island, designed by Richard Upjohn, is completed (except for the spire, which was not finished until 1860).{{cite web|url=http://www.preservation.ri.gov/pdfs_zips_downloads/national_pdfs/providence/prov_mathewson-street-175_grace-church.pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Grace Church|publisher=Rhode Island Preservation|access-date=2014-10-13}}
- Macau Government House, built as a private home by Macanese architect Thomaz de Aquino.{{cite web|url=http://www.macautourism.gov.mo/en/discovering/walking_tour.php |title=San Ma Lo |work=Walking Tours |publisher=Macau Government Tourist Office |access-date=2016-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606044310/http://www.macautourism.gov.mo/en/discovering/walking_tour.php |archive-date=2013-06-06 }}
- Murney Tower, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
- Newstead House, Brisbane, Australia.{{cite news|first=Trent|last=Dalton|title=Grand residence|work=Brisbane News|date=2002-11-20|page=16|publisher=Nationwide News Pty Ltd}}
- Notre-Dame de Bon-Port, Nantes, France, designed by Seheult and Joseph-Fleury Chenantais.
- Llandinam Bridge in Montgomeryshire, Wales, designed by Thomas Penson.
Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Alfred-Nicolas Normand.
Births
- September 4 – Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban designer (died 1912){{cite book|last=Moore|first=Charles|year=1921|chapter=XXV: Closing in 1911–1912|title=Daniel H. Burnham, Architect, Planner of Cities|volume=2|location=Boston, Mass|publisher=Houghton Mifflin}}
- James E. Ware, American architect, originator of the "dumbbell plan" for New York City tenements (died 1918)
Deaths
- January 22 – Louis Baltard, French architect and engraver (born 1764){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Baltard, Louis Pierre}}