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1889 in architecture
Summary
The year
1889 in architecture
involved some significant events.
List of years in architecture
(
table
)
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1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
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Buildings and structures
Art
Archaeology
Architecture
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Science
+...
Events
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May 6
–
October 31
–
Exposition Universelle
in Paris, with the Eiffel Tower as its entrance arch. The
Galerie des machines
, designed by architect
Ferdinand Dutert
and engineer
Victor Contamin
, at 111 m, spans the longest interior space in the world at this time.
August 10
– At the
Vienna
Hofburg
, the grand opening ceremony is held for the
Imperial Natural History Museum
(
German
:
K.k. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum
), begun in 1871; from August 13 to the end of December, the museum counts 175,000 visitors.
Buildings and structures
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Buildings opened
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Eiffel Tower
and
Exposition Universelle
March 31
–
Eiffel Tower
in
Paris
, designed by
Gustave Eiffel
.
[1]
At 300 m, its height exceeds the previous
tallest structure in the world
by 130 m.
April 10
– A star is placed on the
Mole Antonelliana
in
Turin
,
Italy
, designed by
Alessandro Antonelli
, bringing the building's total height to 167.5 m (550 ft), making it the tallest brick building in
Europe
.
[2]
April 27
– The
Ilha Fiscal Customs House
, Brazil
June 30
—
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
in
Providence, Rhode Island
, designed by
Patrick Keely
, is consecrated.
[3]
October 15
–
Amsterdam Centraal railway station
in the Netherlands, designed by
Pierre Cuypers
with roof engineered by L. J. Eijmer
December 9
–
Auditorium Building
in
Chicago
, United States, designed by
Louis Sullivan
and
Dankmar Adler
Buildings completed
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July 12
–
Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramento, California)
, United States, designed by Bryan J. Klinch
Custom House
,
Brisbane
,
Australia
, designed by
Charles McLay
Georgia State Capitol
in
Atlanta
, United States, designed by Edbrooke and Burnham
Lillesand Church
, Norway, designed by
Henrik Thrap-Meyer
[4]
First Presbyterian Church (Detroit, Michigan)
, United States, designed by
George D. Mason
and Zachariah Rice
St George's Church, Lisbon
, Portugal, designed by John Medland and Charles Edward Powell
St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro
on
Madagascar
, designed by
William White
Palau Güell
in
Barcelona
, designed by
Antoni Gaudí
Science Hall in
University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District
, Minneapolis, United States, designed by
Leroy Buffington
and his assistant
Harvey Ellis
Germania Bank Building
in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, designed by J. Walter Stevens assisted by Harvey Ellis
Corbin Building
in New York City, United States, designed by
Francis H. Kimball
St. James Episcopal Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
, United States, designed by
Henry M. Congdon
[5]
Awards
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RIBA
Royal Gold Medal
–
Charles Thomas Newton
.
[6]
Births
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May 10
–
Mihran Mesrobian
, Armenian-born American (died
1975
)
May 21
–
R. Harold Zook
, American architect (died
1949
)
June 24
–
Charles Cowles-Voysey
, English architect (died
1981
)
August 26
–
Jan Buijs
, Dutch architect (died
1961
)
October 25
–
Sven Markelius
, Swedish architect (died
1972
)
December 23
–
Joseph Emberton
, English modernist architect (died
1956
)
Deaths
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March 10
–
John Rhind
, Scottish architect (born
1836
)
[7]
June 1
–
Charles Lanyon
, English architect working in Northern Ireland (born
1813
)
[8]
unknown date
–
James Hardie
, American architect active in Natchez, Mississippi
[9]
References
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^
Selwood, Dominic (31 March 2017). "On this day in 1889: Paris' dramatic icon, the Eiffel Tower, opens".
The Telegraph
. Retrieved
13 May
2018
.
^
"Mole Antonelliana".
www.museocinema.it
. Museo Nazionale del Cinema. July 7, 2016
. Retrieved
December 21,
2017
.
^
Bodo, Sandor (13 December 2015). "2. Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul". The Providence Journal
. Retrieved
4 November
2018
.
^
"Lillesand kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen
. Retrieved
2021-01-17
.
^
"MACRIS inventory record for St. James Episcopal Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts
. Retrieved
2014-03-22
.
^
Allinson, Kenneth (2008).
The Architects and Architecture of London
. Routledge. p. 10.
ISBN
9780750683371
.
^
"Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report"
. Retrieved
4 March
2024
.
^
The Times Register of Events in
. 1889. p. xxiii.
^
Patti Carr Black
(1998).
Art in Mississippi 1720-1980
. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 59–60.
ISBN
9781578060849
.