1872 in architecture

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The year 1872 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events[]

Work begins on the building of the Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross, Staffordshire, England, designed by George Frederick Bodley and Thomas Garner.

Church of San Agustin, Laredo

July – The Albert Memorial in London, designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott, is opened by Queen Victoria.^[1]
December 12 – Church of San Agustin, Laredo, Texas, is opened
The Ancoats Hospital, an enlargement of the existing building, in Manchester, England, designed by Lewis and Crawcroft, begins construction.^[2]

Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain (nearly two hundred years after it was begun).^[3]
St Mary Magdalene, Paddington, London, designed by George Edmund Street, originally completed.
St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Charleston, South Carolina, designed by John Henry Devereux, dedicated.
The Egyptian Halls, a pioneering iron-framed commercial building in Glasgow designed by Alexander Thomson.^[4]
Palacio Federal Legislativo, Caracas, Venezuela, designed by .^[5]

January 8 – Antonio Palacios, Spanish architect (died 1945)
January 20 – Julia Morgan, California-based architect (died 1957)
January 23 – Jože Plečnik, Slovene architect (died 1957)
February 9 – Charles Klauder, American architect known for university buildings (died 1938)
May 26 – Zachary Taylor Davis, Chicago architect (died 1946)
Clarence Perry, American town planner (died 1944)

January 13 – William Scamp, English architect (born 1801)
February 20 – Andrew Petrie, builder, architect and Australian pioneer (born 1798)
June 22 – Frederick Marrable, first Chief Architect of the Metropolitan Board of Works (London) (born 1819)
December 14 – Robert Richardson Banks, English architect, partner of Charles Barry, Jr. (born 1812)
December 17 – William Slater, London-based architect (born 1819)^[6]

^ "Construction of the memorial". Royal Institute of British Architects. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2001). Lancashire: Manchester And The South-East. Pevsner Architectural Guides. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-300-10583-4.
^ Gracia Gimeno, Juan Antonio (March 1999). The Pillar of Saragossa. Editorial Escudo de Ora, S.A. ISBN 84-378-1301-8.
^ "History". egyptianhalls.co.uk. 1 April 2011. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011.
^ "Palacio Federal Legislativo de Venezuela (Capitolio Federal)", Caracas Ciberturista.com. (in Spanish) Retrieved 22 May 2013.
^ "Architects and Artists S". Sussex Parish. Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 21 November 2012.