1860 in architecture
# 1860 in architecture

The year 1860 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Events

* August 22 – The Cenotaph to Matthew Henry, designed by Thomas Harrison, is unveiled in Chester, England.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings opened

* Spring – Willden Fort, Utah, built by Charles William Willden and his son Ellott (no longer standing).
* June – Oxford University Museum of Natural History, designed by Benjamin Woodward.
* August 28 – St. Augustin, Coburg (Bavaria), consecrated by the Archbishop of Bamberg Michael Deinlein.
* November 22 – Solund Church, Norway, designed by Christian Henrik Grosch, consecrated by Bishop Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin.
* November 28 – Swedish Theatre, Helsinki, Finland, designed by Georg Theodor von Chiewitz.

### Buildings completed

* Mosque of Omar, Bethlehem, Palestinian territories.
* Varshavsky railway station building in Saint Petersburg, Russia, designed by Piotr Salmanovich.
* Armour–Stiner House in Irvington, New York.

## Awards

* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Sydney Smirke

## Births

* March 11 – Thomas Hastings, American architect (died 1929)
* May 2 – Lucien Weissenburger, French Art Nouveau architect (died 1929)
* August 20 – Kirtland Cutter, American architect (died 1939)
* date unknown – James Miller, Scottish commercial architect based in Glasgow (died 1947)
* date unknown – Bertie Crewe, English architect (died 1937)

## Deaths

* February 1 – Giacomo Moraglia, Milanese neoclassical architect (born 1791)
* February 19 – Edward Lapidge, English architect (born 1779)
* March 6 – Joseph Welland, Irish architect (born 1798)
* April 19 – Karol Podczaszyński, Polish neoclassical architect (born 1790)
* May 12 – Charles Barry, English architect best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (born 1795)
* October 10 – Thomas Larkins Walker, British-born architect (born 1811)
