1883 in architecture
Overview of the events of 1883 in architecture
The year 1883 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
Home Insurance Building, Chicago
Waddesdon Manor, England
- March 10 – The Ames Free Library opens to the public "without fanfare and ceremony."[1] Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson.
- May 1 – The Examination Schools of the University of Oxford, designed by Thomas G. Jackson, are formally opened.[2]
- May 24 – Brooklyn Bridge, designed by John A. Roebling, is completed.[3]
- May 26 – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, designed by Konstantin Thon, is dedicated.
- August 29 – Dunfermline Carnegie Library opened, the first of over 2,500 Carnegie Libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie.[4]
- Albany City Hall in Albany, New York, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 'Richardsonian Romanesque' style, is completed.
- Vienna City Hall (Rathaus), designed by Friedrich von Schmidt in Gothic Revival style, is completed.
- The Home Insurance Building in Chicago designed by William LeBaron Jenney (demolished 1931).
- The Kuhns Building in Dayton, Ohio, is constructed.
- Hotel Windsor (Melbourne), Australia, designed by Charles Webb, is completed.
- Cane Hill Hospital in Coulsdon, London, is completed.
- Coney Hill Hospital (Gloucestershire County Asylum) in Gloucester, England, designed by John Giles and Edward Gough, is partially completed.
- Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, England, designed by Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur, is opened for guests.
- Billings Memorial Library at the University of Vermont in Burlington, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, is built.
- New Church, Anerley, London, designed by W. J. E. Henley of the Concrete Building Company, completed.[5]
Awards
Births
Walter Gropius
Deaths
References
- ^ "A Centennial History of Ames Free Library of Easton, Inc. 1883-1983". Ames Free Library. Ames Free Library. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
Saturday, March 10, 1883 - opening day at Ames Free Library
- ^ Whyte, William (2006). Oxford Jackson: Architecture, Education, Status, and Style 1835–1924. Clarendon Press. p. 53 & 56. ISBN 978-0-19-929658-3.
- ^ Edwards, Maurice (2006). How Music Grew in Brooklyn: A Biography of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. Scarecrow Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-8108-5666-0.
- ^ "Dunfermline, Abbot Street, Carnegie Central Library | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "The Concrete Church". The Norwood Society. 1994. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
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