1893 in architecture

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The year 1893 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

• Refinery for Pacific Coast Borax Company is the first reinforced concrete building in the United States.
• Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States is completed.
• St. Mary's Cathedral in Glasgow, Scotland is completed.
• St. Michael the Archangel Church in Kaunas, Lithuania is completed.
• Work on St. Monica's Colored Parish is begun.
• Work on World Columbian Exposition is completed. The exposition opens to the public in May 1893.
• Broad Street Station - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by Frank Furness. At the time, the largest passenger railroad terminal in the world.

Awards

• Royal Gold Medal - Richard Morris Hunt.
• Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Births

• September 20 : Hans Scharoun (died 1972)