Editing 1885 in architecture (section)

==Events==
* May – The original wooden structures of [[Hobson Block]], West Union, Iowa, USA, are destroyed by fire, leading to construction of the present building.
* [[W. D. Caroe|W. D. Caröe]] is appointed architect to the [[Ecclesiastical Commissioners]] for [[England]].<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Ian|last=MacAlister|title=Caröe, William Douglas (1857–1938)|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32298|access-date=2012-07-05|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32298}} </ref>
* Construction of the [[Altare della Patria]] (''Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II'') in Rome, designed by [[Giuseppe Sacconi]], begins; it will not be completed until [[1925 in architecture|1925]].
[[File:HollowaySan1884front.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Holloway Sanatorium]]]]