1890 in architecture
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The year 1890 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
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Buildings
- February 3 – Ypsilanti Water Tower, Ypsilanti, Michigan, designed by William R. Coats, is completed.[1]
- March 4 – The Forth Bridge across the Firth of Forth from South Queensferry to North Queensferry in Scotland, designed by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, is opened.[2]
- May 13 - Parish church of Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, London, designed by J. D. Sedding, is consecrated.[3]
- May 30 – The James A. Garfield Memorial at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, designed by George W. Keller, is dedicated.[4]
- September 29 – St James's Roman Catholic Church, Spanish Place, Westminster, designed by Edward Goldie, is opened.[5]
- The Arcade in Cleveland, Ohio, designed by John Eisenmann.[6]
- The Demarest Building, a commercial building on Fifth Avenue in New York City, designed by Renwick, Aspinwall & Russell, is completed.[7]
- Edwin Lutyens' first commission, Crooksbury, a country house near Farnham, England, is completed.[8]
- The Second Madison Square Garden, designed by Stanford White, is completed on the site of the first Madison Square Garden.[9]
Awards
- RIBA Royal Gold Medal – John Gibson.[10]
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Emmanuel Pontremoli.[11]
Births
- February 9 – J. J. P. Oud, Dutch architect (died 1963)[12]
- April 17 – Carl Krayl, German architect (died 1947)[13]
- March 20 – Owen Williams, English structural engineer (died 1969)[14]
- May 4 – Ingrid Wallberg, Swedish architect (died 1965)[15]
- July 31 – Louis de Soissons, Canadian-born English architect (died 1962)[16]
- November 23 – El Lissitzky, Russian architect and designer (died 1941)[17]
- Philip Hepworth, English architect (died 1963)[18]
Deaths
- October 20 – Alfred B. Mullett, American architect (born 1834)[19]
References
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