1809 in architecture

The year 1809 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

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Buildings and structures

Buildings

The Hermitage, Hanwell, London - cottage orné of 1809

• Gordon House, Chelsea, London, England, designed by Thomas Leverton for Colonel James Willoughby Gordon.[1]
• Nelson's Column, Montreal, Canada, designed and built by Coade & Sealy of London.[2]
• Nelson's Pillar, Dublin, Ireland, design by William Wilkins amended by Francis Johnston, opened.
• Armagh Courthouse, Ireland, designed by William Wilkins, completed.
• Portsmouth Academy building, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, designed by James Nutter.
• Second Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, designed by Robert Smirke, opened.

Awards

• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: André Chatillon.

Births

• February 15 – Owen Jones, Welsh architect and designer (died 1874)[3]
• March 29 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French town planner (died 1891)
• October 31 – Edmund Sharpe, English architect and architectural historian (died 1877)
• November 26 – Thomas Talbot Bury, English architect and lithographer (died 1877)

Deaths

• November 4 – Gabriel Manigault, American architect (born 1758)

References

1. Middleton, Christopher (2012-04-23). "The Royal Hospital Chelsea up for sale". The Daily Telegraph. London.
2. Bosworth, Newton (1839). Hochelaga depicta: the early history and present state of the city and island of Montreal.
3. Clouse, Doug (2009). The Handy Book of Artistic Printing: Collection of Letterpress Examples with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corner Fills, Borders, Twisters, Wrinklers, and other Freaks of Fancy. Princeton Architectural Press.