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}}

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File:Albert Dock Liverpool 7.jpg in Liverpool, England]]

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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

Births

  • September 4Daniel 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

References