1879 in architecture

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The year 1879 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• The Linderhof in Bavaria, designed by Georg Dollman is completed.
• St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, United States is dedicated.
• Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Connecticut is completed.
• Votivkirche in Vienna, Austria is dedicated.
• Provident Life & Trust Company, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by Frank Furness is completed.

Awards

• Royal Gold Medal - Marquis de Vogue
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown)

Births

• June 6 - Patrick Abercrombie (d. 1957)
• September 16 - Josep Maria Jujol (d. 1949)
• H. Craig Severance (d. 1941)

Deaths

• May 15 - Gottfried Semper (b. 1803)
• September 17 - Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (b. 1814), French architect and architectural theorist