1767 in architecture
# 1767 in architecture

The year 1767 in architecture involved some significant events.

## Events

* January 9 – William Tryon, governor of the Royal Colony of North Carolina, signs a contract with architect John Hawks to build Tryon Palace, a lavish Georgian style governor's mansion on the New Bern waterfront.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings

* In Bath, Somerset, England, the Octagon Chapel, designed by Timothy Lightholder or Lightoler, is completed and Royal Crescent, designed by John Wood, the Younger, is begun.
* St Helen's House, Derby, England, designed by Joseph Pickford, is completed.
* Walton Hall, West Yorkshire, England, is built.
* Auchincruive house in Scotland, based on designs by Robert Adam, is completed.
* Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House) in Germantown, Philadelphia, designed by William Peters, is completed.
* Elmwood (Cambridge, Massachusetts) is built about this date.
* In New Haven, Connecticut, the John Pierpont house (the modern-day Yale University Visitor Center) is built.
* Church of St Catherine in the Yakimanka District of central Moscow, designed by Karl Blank, is completed.
* Holy Mother of God Cathedral, Vagharshapat, Armenia, is built.
* Mühlstraße Evangelical church in Jeckenbach in the Rhineland, perhaps designed by Philipp Heinrich Hellermann, is built.
* The circular Kilarrow Parish Church in Bowmore on Islay in Scotland is built.
* In Kórnik, Poland, a wooden synagogue is built.
* Old Brick Church (New York City), designed by John McComb, Sr, is built.
* The first church in Salem, New York, is built.
* The Birchwood Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts (The Berkshires), is built.
* Arg of Karim Khan citadel in Shiraz, Persia, is completed.
* Refsnes Gods pleasure pavilion on the Norwegian island of Jeløy is built.
* Burton Pynsent Monument in Somerset, England, designed by Capability Brown, is erected.
* Temple of Harmony garden folly at Halswell House, Somerset, England, designed by Thomas Prowse, is built.

## Births

* April 6 – Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval, French dramatist, sailor, architect, actor and theatre manager (died 1842)
* Richard Morrison, Irish architect (died 1849?)
* William Saunders, American builder (died 1861)

## Deaths

* December 9 – Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (born 1699)
* Georges Vallon, French architect (born 1688)
