1847 in architecture
# 1847 in architecture

The year 1847 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

## Events

* May – The Architectural Association School of Architecture is founded in London.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings opened

* March 31 – The first mass is celebrated in St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal, designed by Pierre-Louis Morin and Father Félix Martin.
* April 15 – Lords Chamber in the Palace of Westminster in London, rebuilt to the design of Charles Barry with decoration by Augustus Pugin.
* June 28 – Trains first use Broadstone railway station in Dublin, Ireland, designed by John Skipton Mulvany.
* June 30 – Water first flows along the Roquefavour Aqueduct in the south of France, engineered by Jean François Mayor de Montricher.
* August 3 – Trains first use Huddersfield railway station in the north of England, designed by James Pigott Pritchett.
* September 10 – Trains first use Carlisle Citadel railway station in the north of England, designed by William Tite.
* November – Trains first use Bury St Edmunds railway station in the east of England, probably designed by Sancton Wood.
* First performance at the Carltheater in Vienna, designed by Eduard van der Nüll and August Sicard von Sicardsburg.

### Buildings completed

* Madina Mosque, Murshidabad, West Bengal, India, rebuilt under the supervision of Sadeq Ali Khan.
* St Marie's Church (Roman Catholic), Rugby, England, designed by Augustus Pugin.
* Rectory, Rampisham, Dorset, England, designed by Augustus Pugin.

## Awards

* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture – Louis-Jules André.

## Births

* March 21 – Fredrik Olaus Lindström, Swedish city architect (died 1919)
* April 16 – Hans Auer, Austrian architect (died 1906)
* June 9 – Alajos Hauszmann, Austro-Hungarian architect and professor (died 1926)
* August 24 – Charles Follen McKim, American architect (died 1909)
* date unknown
   * John Beswicke, Australian architect and surveyor (died 1925)
   * Alexandru Săvulescu, Romanian architect (died 1902)

## Deaths

* March 23 – Archibald Simpson, Scottish architect practicing in Aberdeen (born 1790)
* October 13 – Lewis Nockalls Cottingham, English architect, pioneer in the study of Medieval Gothic architecture (born 1787)
* November 26 – Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, English architect, designer of St George's Hall, Liverpool (born 1814; consumption)
