1799 in architecture
# 1799 in architecture

The year 1799 in architecture involved some significant events.

## Buildings and structures

### Buildings

* May 9 – St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in New York City, built by John McComb, Jr., is consecrated.
* Gracie Mansion in New York City, designed by John McComb, Jr., is built.
* The Chester Shot Tower, a grade-II*-listed shot tower, is built in the Boughton district of Chester, England.
* In New Orleans, The Cabildo (first phase) is completed (begun in 1795).
* Reconstruction of Town Hall, Vilnius, by Laurynas Gucevičius is completed.
* Broadway Tower, Worcestershire, England, designed by James Wyatt, is completed.
* Grand Pump Room, Bath, England, designed by Thomas Baldwin and John Palmer, is completed
* Hjo Church in Sweden is completed.

## Births

* Approximate date – William Thomas, English-born architect working in Canada (died 1860)

## Deaths

* February 6 – Étienne-Louis Boullée, French neoclassical architect (born 1728)
* April 17 – Richard Jupp, English architect (born 1728)
* June 11 – Joaquín Toesca, Italian-born architect working in Chile (born 1745)
* August 31 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French neoclassical architect (born 1720)
