1889 in architecture
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The year 1889 in architecture involved some significant events.
Events
- May 6–October 31 – Exposition Universelle in Paris, with the Eiffel Tower as its entrance arch. The Galerie des machines, designed by architect Ferdinand Dutert and engineer Victor Contamin, at 111 m, spans the longest interior space in the world at this time. Among the Exposition displays is the History of Habitation, a series of houses designed by Charles Garnier imaginatively illustrating dwellings across many civilizations.{{cite book|author=Musée d'Orsay|title=1889: la Tour Eiffel et l'Exposition universelle|year=1989|publisher=Editions de la Réunion des Musées nationaux|location=Paris|isbn=2-7118-2244-3}}
- August 10 – At the Vienna Hofburg, the grand opening ceremony is held for the Imperial Natural History Museum ({{Langx|de|K.k. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum}}), begun in 1871; from August 13 to the end of December, the museum counts 175,000 visitors.
Buildings and structures
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1889}}
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- March 31 – Eiffel Tower in Paris, designed by Gustave Eiffel.{{cite web|last1=Selwood|first1=Dominic|title=On this day in 1889: Paris' dramatic icon, the Eiffel Tower, opens|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/31/day-1889-paris-dramatic-icon-eiffel-tower-opens/|website=The Telegraph|access-date=13 May 2018|date=31 March 2017}} At 300 m, its height exceeds the previous tallest structure in the world by 130 m.
- April 10 – A star is placed on the Mole Antonelliana in Turin, Italy, designed by Alessandro Antonelli, bringing the building's total height to {{convert|167.5|m|abbr=on}}, making it the tallest brick building in Europe.{{cite web |url=http://www.museocinema.it/en/museo-e-mole-antonelliana/mole-antonelliana |title=Mole Antonelliana |website=www.museocinema.it |date=July 7, 2016 |publisher=Museo Nazionale del Cinema |access-date=December 21, 2017 }}
- April 27 – The Ilha Fiscal Customs House, Brazil
- June 30 — Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence, Rhode Island, designed by Patrick Keely, is consecrated.{{cite news |last1=Bodo |first1=Sandor |title=2. Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul |url=http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20151213/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/151219790 |access-date=4 November 2018 |publisher=The Providence Journal |date=13 December 2015}}
- October 15 – Amsterdam Centraal railway station in the Netherlands, designed by Pierre Cuypers with roof engineered by L. J. Eijmer
- December 9 – Auditorium Building in Chicago, United States, designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler
Buildings completed
- July 12 – Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramento, California), United States, designed by Bryan J. Klinch
- Custom House, Brisbane, Australia, designed by Charles McLay
- Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, United States, designed by Edbrooke and Burnham
- Lillesand Church, Norway, designed by Henrik Thrap-Meyer{{Cite web |title=Lillesand kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/092600301 |access-date=2021-01-17 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen}}
- First Presbyterian Church (Detroit, Michigan), United States, designed by George D. Mason and Zachariah Rice
- St George's Church, Lisbon, Portugal, designed by John Medland and Charles Edward Powell
- St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro on Madagascar, designed by William White
- Palau Güell in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí
- Science Hall in University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District, Minneapolis, United States, designed by Leroy Buffington and his assistant Harvey Ellis
- Germania Bank Building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, designed by J. Walter Stevens assisted by Harvey Ellis
- Corbin Building in New York City, United States, designed by Francis H. Kimball
- St. James Episcopal Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts), United States, designed by Henry M. Congdon{{cite web |url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=cam.244|title=MACRIS inventory record for St. James Episcopal Church|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts |access-date=2014-03-22}}
Awards
Births
- May 10 – Mihran Mesrobian, Armenian-born American (died 1975)
- May 21 – R. Harold Zook, American architect (died 1949)
- June 24 – Charles Cowles-Voysey, English architect (died 1981)
- August 26 – Jan Buijs, Dutch architect (died 1961)
- October 25 – Sven Markelius, Swedish architect (died 1972)
- December 23 – Joseph Emberton, English modernist architect (died 1956)
Deaths
- March 10 – John Rhind, Scottish architect (born 1836){{Cite web|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100329|title = Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report|access-date=4 March 2024}}
- June 1 – Charles Lanyon, English architect working in Northern Ireland (born 1813){{cite book|title=The Times Register of Events in |year=1889|page=xxiii}}
- unknown date – James Hardie, American architect active in Natchez, Mississippi{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/artinmississippi0000blac |url-access=registration |title=Art in Mississippi 1720-1980 |author=Patti Carr Black |authorlink=Patti Carr Black |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |date=1998 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/artinmississippi0000blac/page/59 59]–60|isbn=9781578060849 }}