1875 in architecture

The year 1875 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

January 5 – Palais Garnier, home of the Paris Opera in France, designed by Charles Garnier, opens.
June 13 – Sage Chapel at Cornell University, designed by Charles Babcock, holds opening services.{{cite web|url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/chronicle/05/4.7.05/CURW_Sage_anniv.html |title=CURW, Sage Chapel host events to celebrate dual anniversaries|publisher=Cornell Chronicle |date=2005-04-07 |access-date=2012-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209084322/http://news.cornell.edu/chronicle/05/4.7.05/CURW_Sage_anniv.html|archive-date=9 February 2006}}{{cite book |title=Guide to the Campus: Cornell University |date=1920 |publisher=Cornell University |location=Ithaca, New York |page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924055960987/page/n71 46] |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924055960987 |access-date=11 November 2018}}
Congregational Chapel, Wellingborough, England, designed by Edward Sharman and Caleb Archer, is completed.{{cite book|first=Ernest|last=Drew|title=Then and Now|year=1925|location=Wellingborough|publisher=United Congregational Church|quote=probably the most original... experiment in Free Church architecture in this country.}}
Sydney Town Hall in Sydney, Australia is completed.
William Watts Sherman House, Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, is built.
The Hermannsdenkmal monument in Berlin, Germany, designed by sculptor Ernst von Bandel, is completed.
Cize–Bolozon viaduct opens to rail traffic across the Ain in France.

May 12 – Charles Holden, English architect noted for London Underground stations (died 1960)
July – W. Curtis Green, English commercial architect (died 1960)
August 11 – Percy Erskine Nobbs, Scottish-born Canadian Arts and Crafts architect (died 1964)

February 28 – Robert Willis, English mechanical engineer, phonetician and architectural historian (born 1800)
June 5 – E. W. Pugin, English ecclesiastical architect (born 1834)
June 24 – Henri Labrouste, French architect (born 1801)