1875 in architecture

none October 2018 1875 architecture The year 1875 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1875 Buildings thumb|William Watts Sherman House as built January 5 – Palais Garnier, home of the Paris Opera in France, designed by Charles Garnier, opens. June 13 – Sage Chapel at Cornell University, designed by Charles Babcock, holds opening services.https://www.news.cornell.edu/chronicle/05/4.7.05/CURW_Sage_anniv.html CURW, Sage Chapel host events to celebrate dual anniversaries Cornell Chronicle 2005-04-07 2012-01-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20060209084322/http://news.cornell.edu/chronicle/05/4.7.05/CURW_Sage_anniv.html 9 February 2006Guide to the Campus: Cornell University 1920 Cornell University Ithaca, New York 46 https://archive.org/details/cu31924055960987 11 November 2018 Congregational Chapel, Wellingborough, England, designed by Edward Sharman and Caleb Archer, is completed.Ernest Drew Then and Now 1925 Wellingborough United Congregational Church probably the most original... experiment in Free Church architecture in this country. Sydney Town Hall in Sydney, Australia is completed. William Watts Sherman House, Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, is built. The Hermannsdenkmal monument in Berlin, Germany, designed by sculptor Ernst von Bandel, is completed. Cize–Bolozon viaduct opens to rail traffic across the Ain in France. Awards RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Edmund Sharpe. Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Edmond Paulin. Organisations German firm Wayss & Freitag formed, who pioneered reinforced concrete. Births May 12 – Charles Holden, English architect noted for London Underground stations (died 1960) July – W. Curtis Green, English commercial architect (died 1960) August 11 – Percy Erskine Nobbs, Scottish-born Canadian Arts and Crafts architect (died 1964) Deaths February 28 – Robert Willis, English mechanical engineer, phonetician and architectural historian (born 1800) June 5 – E. W. Pugin, English ecclesiastical architect (born 1834) June 24 – Henri Labrouste, French architect (born 1801) References Architecture Category:Architecture by year Category:19th-century architecture