1803 in architecture
# 1803 in architecture

The year 1803 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings

* The Raj Bhavan in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
* Holy Cross Church, Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Charles Bulfinch, dedicated.
* St. John's Chapel (New York City), designed by John McComb, Jr. and his brother Isaac.
* Rivington Unitarian Chapel in Lancashire, England.
* Bob Church, Cluj, Transylvania.
* Casa del Labrador, designed by Isidro González Velásquez, at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez in Spain is completed.
* Nantwich Bridge in Cheshire, England, built by William Lightfoot.

## Awards

* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François-Narcisse Pagot.

## Births

* April 3 – David Bryce, Scottish architect (died 1876)
* April 20 – Christian Hansen, Danish historicist architect (died 1883)
* August 3 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener, architect and MP (died 1865)
* October 16 – Robert Stephenson, English railway civil and mechanical engineer (died 1859)
* November 29 – Gottfried Semper, German architect, art critic and professor of architecture (died 1879)

## Deaths

* date unknown – Ottone Calderari, Italian architect and writer (born 1730)
