1846 in architecture

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The year 1846 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

December 23 – The Nizamat Imambara, in Murshidabad, India built by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, having been partially burnt down in 1842, is completely destroyed in another fire.^[1]

June — Grace Church, Providence, Rhode Island, designed by Richard Upjohn, is completed (except for the spire, which was not finished until 1860).^[7]
Macau Government House, built as a private home by Macanese architect Thomaz de Aquino.^[8]
Murney Tower, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Newstead House, Brisbane, Australia.^[9]
Notre-Dame de Bon-Port, Nantes, France, designed by Seheult and Joseph-Fleury Chenantais.
Llandinam Bridge in Montgomeryshire, Wales, designed by Thomas Penson.

September 4 – Daniel Burnham, American architect and urban designer (died 1912)^[10]
James E. Ware, American architect, originator of the "dumbbell plan" for New York City tenements (died 1918)

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^ "Trinity Church, New York City". Sacred Destinations. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
^ "History". Liverpool: Albert Dock. Archived from the original on 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
^ El Archipiélago Filipino. Washington: Imprenta del Gobierno. 1900. p. 531.
^ Biddle, Gordon (2003). Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866247-5.
^ "NRHP nomination for Grace Church" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-10-13.
^ "San Ma Lo". Walking Tours. Macau Government Tourist Office. Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
^ Dalton, Trent (2002-11-20). "Grand residence". Brisbane News. Nationwide News Pty Ltd. p. 16.
^ Moore, Charles (1921). "XXV: Closing in 1911–1912". Daniel H. Burnham, Architect, Planner of Cities. Vol. 2. Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Baltard, Louis Pierre" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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