1817 in architecture
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The year 1817 in architecture involved some significant events.
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[edit] Buildings
- Dulwich Picture Gallery in London designed by Sir John Soane as the first purpose-built art gallery.
- In Nassau, the lighthouse on Hog Island is built, replacing the light at Fort Pincastle (built in 1793).
- Church of St. James the Great in Dudley, designed by Thomas Lee, is completed although is not opened until 1823.
[edit] Publications
- Thomas Rickman - An Attempt to discriminate the Styles of English Architecture from the Conquest to the Reformation, the first systematic treatise on Gothic architecture.
[edit] Awards
- Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).
[edit] Births
- January 6 - James Joseph McCarthy (died 1882)
[edit] Deaths
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