1883 in architecture

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Overview of the events of 1883 in architecture

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The year 1883 in architecture involved some significant events.

## Buildings and structures

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See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1883

### Buildings

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Home Insurance Building, Chicago Waddesdon Manor, England

* March 10 – The Ames Free Library opens to the public "without fanfare and ceremony."[1] Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson.
* May 1 – The Examination Schools of the University of Oxford, designed by Thomas G. Jackson, are formally opened.[2]
* May 24 – Brooklyn Bridge, designed by John A. Roebling, is completed.[3]
* May 26 – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, designed by Konstantin Thon, is dedicated.
* August 29 – Dunfermline Carnegie Library opened, the first of over 2,500 Carnegie Libraries funded by Andrew Carnegie.[4]
* Albany City Hall in Albany, New York, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 'Richardsonian Romanesque' style, is completed.
* Vienna City Hall (Rathaus), designed by Friedrich von Schmidt in Gothic Revival style, is completed.
* The Home Insurance Building in Chicago designed by William LeBaron Jenney (demolished 1931).
* The Kuhns Building in Dayton, Ohio, is constructed.
* Hotel Windsor (Melbourne), Australia, designed by Charles Webb, is completed.
* Cane Hill Hospital in Coulsdon, London, is completed.
* Coney Hill Hospital (Gloucestershire County Asylum) in Gloucester, England, designed by John Giles and Edward Gough, is partially completed.
* Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, England, designed by Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur, is opened for guests.
* Billings Memorial Library at the University of Vermont in Burlington, designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, is built.
* New Church, Anerley, London, designed by W. J. E. Henley of the Concrete Building Company, completed.[5]

## Awards

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* RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Francis Penrose.
* Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Gaston Redon.

## Births

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Walter Gropius

* January 8 – Robert Atkinson, English Art Deco architect (died 1952)
* February 15 – Richard Konwiarz, German architect (died 1960)
* May 18 – Walter Gropius, German modernist architect (died 1969)
* May 28 – Clough Williams-Ellis, British architect (died 1978)
* June 25 – Paul Bartholomew, American architect (died 1973)
* August 23 – Alker Tripp, English town planner (died 1954)
* August 30 – Theo van Doesburg, Dutch De Stijl architect (died 1931)
* December 19 – Barry Byrne, American Prairie School architect (died 1967)

## Deaths

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* June 3 – Emilio De Fabris, Italian architect (born 1808)
* October 22 – John Henry Chamberlain, English Gothic Revival architect working in Birmingham (born 1831)

## References

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1. ^ "A Centennial History of Ames Free Library of Easton, Inc. 1883-1983". Ames Free Library. Ames Free Library. Retrieved 27 October 2018. "Saturday, March 10, 1883 - opening day at Ames Free Library"
2. ^ Whyte, William (2006). Oxford Jackson: Architecture, Education, Status, and Style 1835–1924. Clarendon Press. p. 53 & 56\. ISBN 978-0-19-929658-3.
3. ^ Edwards, Maurice (2006). How Music Grew in Brooklyn: A Biography of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. Scarecrow Press. p. 20\. ISBN 978-0-8108-5666-0.
4. ^ "Dunfermline, Abbot Street, Carnegie Central Library | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
5. ^ "The Concrete Church". The Norwood Society. 1994. Retrieved 2020-07-14.

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