1860 in architecture
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The year 1860 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- August 22 – The Cenotaph to Matthew Henry, designed by Thomas Harrison, is unveiled in Chester, England.{{Citation |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings/ |title=Listed Buildings |publisher=English Heritage |access-date=28 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126151823/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings |archive-date=26 January 2013 }}
Buildings and structures
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=Buildings opened=
- Spring – Willden Fort, Utah, built by Charles William Willden and his son Ellott (no longer standing).
- June – Oxford University Museum of Natural History, designed by Benjamin Woodward.
- August 28 – St. Augustin, Coburg (Bavaria), consecrated by the Archbishop of Bamberg Michael Deinlein.{{cite web|last=|first=|title=St. Augustin-Kirche Coburg |url=http://st-augustin-coburg.de/seiten/kirchen/st-augustin-coburg/index.html|access-date=17 June 2013|website=st-augustin-coburg.de}}
- November 22 – Solund Church, Norway, designed by Christian Henrik Grosch, consecrated by Bishop Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin.{{cite web|url=http://www.kirkesok.no/eng/kirker/Solund-kyrkje|title=Solund kyrkje|publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen|access-date=2013-12-17}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm|title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker|language=Norwegian|publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |access-date=2013-12-17}}
- November 28 – Swedish Theatre, Helsinki, Finland, designed by Georg Theodor von Chiewitz.
=Buildings completed=
- Mosque of Omar, Bethlehem, Palestinian territories.
- Varshavsky railway station building in Saint Petersburg, Russia, designed by Piotr Salmanovich.
- Armour–Stiner House in Irvington, New York.
Awards
Births
- March 11 – Thomas Hastings, American architect (died 1929)
- May 2 – Lucien Weissenburger, French Art Nouveau architect (died 1929)
- August 20 – Kirtland Cutter, American architect (died 1939){{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Henry|year=1999|title=Kirtland Cutter: Architect in the Land of Promise|publisher=University of Washington Press|isbn=0-295-97609-8}}
- date unknown – James Miller, Scottish commercial architect based in Glasgow (died 1947)
- date unknown – Bertie Crewe, English architect (died 1937)
Deaths
- February 1 – Giacomo Moraglia, Milanese neoclassical architect (born 1791)
- February 19 – Edward Lapidge, English architect (born 1779)
- March 6 – Joseph Welland, Irish architect (born 1798){{cite web |title=welland, joseph - Dictionary of Irish Architects |url=https://www.dia.ie/architects/view/4436/welland,+joseph |website=www.dia.ie |access-date=23 August 2018}}
- April 19 – Karol Podczaszyński, Polish neoclassical architect (born 1790)
- May 12 – Charles Barry, English architect best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (born 1795)
- October 10 – Thomas Larkins Walker, British-born architect (born 1811)