1818 in architecture
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The year 1818 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- William Strickland (architect)William Strickland (architect)William Strickland , was a noted architect in nineteenth-century Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Nashville, Tennessee.-Life and career:...
starts to build The Second Bank of the United States, Philadelphia. - Completion of the Nicholas WareNicholas WareNicholas Ware was a United States Senator from Georgia.Ware was born in Caroline County, Virginia and later moved with his parents to Edgefield, South Carolina and a few years later to Augusta, Georgia. He received a thorough English education and studied medicine, and studied law in Augusta as...
house in Augusta, GeorgiaAugusta, GeorgiaAugusta is a consolidated city in the U.S. state of Georgia, located along the Savannah River. As of the 2010 census, the Augusta–Richmond County population was 195,844 not counting the unconsolidated cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.Augusta is the principal city of the Augusta-Richmond County...
, United States, also known as "Ware's Folly" for its enormous cost; this building is on the National Register of Historic PlacesNational Register of Historic PlacesThe National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
Births
- June 20 - Eugenius BirchEugenius BirchEugenius Birch was a 19th Century English naval architect, engineer and noted pier builder.-Biography:Both Eugenius and his brother were born in Gloucester Terrace, Shoreditch, to grain dealer John and wife Susanne...
(died 1884) - November 11 - James Renwick, Jr.James Renwick, Jr.James Renwick, Jr. , was a prominent American architect in the 19th-century. The Encyclopedia of American Architecture calls him "one of the most successful American architects of his time".-Life and work:Renwick was born into a wealthy and well-educated family...
(died 18951895 in architectureThe year 1895 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:*Milwaukee City Hall in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States is completed and becomes the tallest building in the world...
) - Thomas Mainwaring PensonThomas Mainwaring PensonThomas Mainwaring Penson was an English surveyor and architect who is credited with pioneering the revival of half-timbered architecture in Chester in the 1850s....
(died 18641864 in architectureThe year 1864 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* The Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel opens to the public....
) - Louis-Daniel PerrierLouis-Daniel PerrierLouis-Daniel Perrier was a Swiss architect from Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He was born in Paris although he was originally from the towns of Sainte-Croix and Orges in Switzerland. He studied art in Paris and Berlin before moving to Neuchâtel in 1848....
(died 1903)