1886 in architecture
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The year 1886 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Events
- Patrick Manogue, Sacramento's first bishop, acquires the land to build the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in the United States, designed by Bryan J. Klinch.[1]
Buildings opened
Unveiling of the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World (1886) by Edward Moran. Oil on canvas. The J. Clarence Davies Collection, Museum of the City of New York.
- June 30 - Founder's Building at Royal Holloway College for women, Egham, near London, designed by William Henry Crossland.
- July - Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, designed by Christian Jank and realized by Eduard Riedel, is opened to the public, although incomplete.
- October 28 - Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, United States, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi with engineering by Gustave Eiffel and Maurice Koechlin.[2]
- October 31 - Dom Luís Bridge in Porto, designed by Téophile Seyrig.
Buildings completed
- Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, designed by John C. Cochrane and Alfred H. Piquenard
- National Assembly building in Sofia, designed by Konstantin Jovanović.
- Hotel Cecil, London, United Kingdom, designed by Perry & Reed.
- Oulu City Hall, Finland, designed by Johan Erik Stenberg.[3]
Awards
- Royal Gold Medal - Charles Garnier.
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Albert Louvet (First Prize & Second).
Births
- March 27
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect (died 1969)[4]
- Clemens Holzmeister, Austrian architect and stage designer (died 1983)
- July 27 - Ernst May, German architect and city planner (died 1970)[5]
- Yehuda Magidovitch, Ukrainian-born Israeli architect (died 1961)
Deaths
- April 18 - Sancton Wood, English railway station architect (born 1815)
- April 27 - Henry Hobson Richardson, American architect (born 1838)[6]
- July 17 - David Stevenson, Scottish lighthouse engineer (born 1815)
- October 6 - E. W. Godwin, English architect and designer (born 1833)
- November 4 - George Devey, English country house architect (born 1820)
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