1807 in architecture
# 1807 in architecture

The year 1807 in architecture involved some significant events.

## Events

* John Smith is appointed official city architect of Aberdeen in Scotland.
* St Mark's Basilica in Venice is consecrated as a cathedral.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings

* The church of San Pietro di Cremeno, Genoa, Italy, is built.
* The Templo de la Virgen del Carmen church in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, designed by Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras, is completed.
* Saint Petersburg Manege (riding school), designed by Giacomo Quarenghi, is completed.
* "Old Academy" building for Perth Academy, Scotland, designed by Robert Reid, is completed.
* Chester City Club in England, designed by Thomas Harrison, is built as the Commercial Coffee Room.
* Huguang Guild Hall in Beijing, is built.
* Royal Crescent, Brighton, England (begun 1798) is completed.
* In Lincoln County, Maine, the Nichols-Sortwell House and Castle Tucker, examples of federal architecture, are built at Wiscasset's seaport on the Sheepscot River.

## Awards

* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Nicolas Huyot.

## Births

* April 28 – Alan Stevenson, Scottish lighthouse engineer (died 1865)
* September 26 – John Hayward, English architect (died 1891)

## Deaths

* February 22 – John Carr, English architect (born 1723)
