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1851 in architecture

The year 1851 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events
Missions Héliographiques established by Prosper Mérimée to photograph historical French architecture. ==Buildings and structures==
Buildings and structures
Buildings openedFebruary 5Saint Thomas Episcopal Church and Rectory, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA, designed by Thomas Alexander Tefft. • May 1The Crystal Palace, home of the Great Exhibition, erected in Hyde Park, London to the design of Joseph Paxton. • Permanent Windsor Riverside railway station in England completed to the design of William Tite. • May 31Madonna dell'Archetto, Rome Italy. • July 25Holy Trinity Church, Bangalore, India. • October 1Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama. Buildings completed on the Isle of Wight, England • Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, England, designed by Prince Albert in consultation with builder Thomas Cubitt. • Dock Tower in Grimsby, England. • Donaldson's Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland, designed by William Henry Playfair. • De Wachter, Zuidlaren, Netherlands. • Wat San Chao Chet, Bangkok, Thailand. • Stone Bastei Bridge, Saxony. ==Buildings commenced==
Buildings commenced
St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, Hungary, designed by Miklós Ybl. • Muhammad Amin Khan Madrasa in Khiva, Uzbekistan. • Hurstpierpoint College in England, designed by Richard Cromwell Carpenter. ==Publications==
Publications
Gottfried SemperThe Four Elements of Architecture, part 1 • Edmund SharpeThe Seven Periods of English Architecture. ==Awards==
Births
March 10Heinrich Wenck, Danish architect (died 1936) • March 26John Eisenmann, Cleveland-based US architect (died 1924) • June 29 – (Edmund) Peter Paul Pugin, English architect, son of Augustus Welby Pugin and half-brother of Edward Welby Pugin (died 1904) ==Deaths==
Deaths
October 13Samuel Beazley, British theatre architect and writer (born 1786) • October 25Giorgio Pullicino, Maltese painter and architect (born 1779) • November 18Jacob Ephraim Polzin, German Neoclassical architect (born 1778) ==References==
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