1862 in architecture
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The year 1862 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures
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=Buildings opened=
- May 8 – Church of St Philip and St James, Oxford, designed by George Edmund Street.
- May 12 – Ulster Hall, Belfast, designed by William J. Barre.{{cite web|author=Rathcol|title=Classical Music|work=Belfast Telegraph|date=2009-03-06|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/reviews/classical-music-060309-14214159.html|access-date=2009-03-09}}
- May 17 – Teatro Comunale Florence, Italy.
- November 19 – Brekke Church, Norway, designed by Christian Henrik Grosch.{{cite web|url=http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&db=dbatlas_leks&art_id=626&spraak_id=1&ptype=single |title=Brekke kyrkje |publisher=Sogn og Fjordane Fylkesarkiv |access-date=2014-01-09 |language=Norwegian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110091709/http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/default.asp?p=result&db=dbatlas_leks&art_id=626&spraak_id=1&ptype=single |archive-date=2014-01-10 }}
=Buildings completed=
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- Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, Queens, New York, USA.
- Iron Clad Building, Cooperstown, New York, USA, designed by James Bogardus.
- Laxmangarh Fort, Rajasthan, India.
- Peace College Main Building, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
- Propylaea (Munich), designed by Leo von Klenze.
- Rila Monastery, Bulgaria, by Alexi Rilets (reconstruction).
- Government House, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, designed by Charles Tiffin.
- Treasury Building, Melbourne, Australia, designed by J. J. Clark in 1857 (when he was 19).{{cite web|title=J J Clark|url=http://www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au/j-j-clark|work=Old Treasury Building|year=2010|access-date=2012-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310185151/http://www.oldtreasurybuilding.org.au/j-j-clark|archive-date=2012-03-10|url-status=dead}}
- Great Malvern railway station, England, designed by E. W. Elmslie.
- Bow Bridge (Central Park), New York, designed by Calvert Vaux.
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Robert Willis.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: {{ill|Wilbrod Chabrol|fr}}.
Births
- February 7 – Bernard Maybeck, American Arts and Crafts architect (died 1957)
- February 19 – Lev Kekushev, Russian Art Nouveau architect (died 1916–1919?)
- May 28 – Theodor Fischer, German architect (died 1938)
- June 9 – Herbert Baker, English architect working in South Africa (died 1946)
- October 21 – Folke Zettervall, Swedish architect (died 1955)
- October 31 – Gerald Horsley, British architect (died 1917)
- December 7 – Hans-Georg Tersling, Danish architect working in France (died 1920)
Deaths
- June 27 – John Henderson, Scottish ecclesiastical architect (born 1804)
- December – Thomas Oliver, English classical architect (born 1791){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkThQYLb3ZUC&q=thomas+oliver+architect+died+1857&pg=PA287|title=Dictionary of British Architects, 1834–1914|first1=Alison|last1=Felstead|first2=Jonathan|last2=Franklin|date=20 December 2001|isbn=9780826455147}}
- Thomas Ellis Owen, English architect working chiefly around Southsea (born 1805)