1806 in architecture

none August 2026 April 2013 1806 architecture 1806 saw significant architectural developments, including the start of the Arc de Triomphe and the completion of several major civic and religious buildings. Buildings and structures Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1806 Buildings thumb|upright|Old West Church (Boston, Massachusetts) thumb|The Admiralty building, Saint Petersburg, Russia January 30 – The original span of the Lower Trenton Bridge over the Delaware River in the United States is opened. August 15 – Construction work starts on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte from Jean-François Chalgrin. Also this year a competition for design of a Temple de la Gloire de la Grande Armée is won by Claude Étienne de Beaumont but Napoleon instead commissions Pierre-Alexandre Vignon to construct what will become La Madeleine, Paris. December 1 – The Olympic Theatre opens in Drury Lane, London. December 6 – The African Meeting House (Boston, Massachusetts), designed by Asher Benjamin, is dedicated. The Old West Church (Boston, Massachusetts), designed by Asher Benjamin, is built. The Circular Congregational Church in Charleston, South Carolina, designed by Robert Mills, is completed. The Basílica del Juramento de San Rafael in Córdoba, Andalusia, is completed. Iglesia de la Inmaculada in Heredia, Costa Rica, is completed at about this date. Latrobe Gate to Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe, is completed. Gore Place, Waltham, Massachusetts, probably incorporating designs by Joseph-Guillaume Legrand, is completed. Württembergisches Palais in Regensburg, Bavaria, is completed by Emanuel Herigoyen. Sándor Palace, Budapest, designed by Mihály Pollack, is completed. New Sloswicke's Hospital in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, is built. New Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, England, designed by James Wyatt, is opened. The Admiralty building, Saint Petersburg is designed by Andreyan Zakharov; it will be completed in 1823 after his death. Rosneath House in Scotland, designed by Joseph Bonomi the Elder is finished. Demolition of al-Baqi. Awards Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Jean-Baptiste Desdeban. Births thumb|upright|Claude Nicolas Ledoux April 9 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English civil engineer (died 1859)2026-07-03 Isambard Kingdom Brunel Biography, Achievements, Structures, & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Isambard-Kingdom-Brunel 2026-08-11 www.britannica.com en October 14 – Niels Sigfred Nebelong, Danish historicist architect (died 1871) November 23 – Philipp Hoffmann, German architect and builder (died 1889) Deaths June 17 – Henry Holland, English architect to the British aristocracy (born 1745) November 18 – Claude Nicolas Ledoux, French neoclassical architect (born 1736) References Architecture Category:Architecture by year Category:19th-century architecture