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==List of buildings== === North America === * [[Downtown Presbyterian Church (Nashville)]], Tennessee; designed by [[William Strickland (architect)|William Strickland]] from 1849 to 1851 * [[Washington Monument]] in Washington, D.C. * [[Battle Monument]] in Baltimore, Maryland * [[New Jersey State Prison|New Jersey State Penitentiary]] in Trenton, New Jersey; designed by [[John Haviland]] from 1833 to 1836 * [[Egyptian Building|Medical College]] at Richmond in Richmond, Virginia, designed by [[Thomas Somerville Stewart]] in 1845 * 1826–1830: [[Groton Monument]] in [[Groton, Connecticut]] * 1834–1835: [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/377023 American Institute] in New York City * 1835: [[Moyamensing Prison]] in Philadelphia; designed by [[Thomas Ustick Walter]]; demolished in 1968 * 1836: 4th Precinct Police Station on Rousseau Street in New Orleans. Designed by Benjamin Buisson, it originally served as a jail and police station. Later altered significantly; now used by the [[Knights of Babylon]] [[krewe]] for Mardi Gras float storage * 1838: [[Green-Wood Cemetery]] in New York City * 1838: [[The Tombs]], a court and jail complex in New York City by John Haviland; demolished in 1902 * 1838: Pennsylvania Fire Insurance building in Philadelphia [1] by John Haviland * 1840: Gates of the [[Granary Burying Ground]], by [[Isaiah Rogers]], in [[Boston]] * 1842: [[Croton Distributing Reservoir]] in New York City * 1827–1843: [[Bunker Hill Monument]] in the [[Charlestown, Boston|Charleston]] neighborhood of Boston * 1843: Gates and gatehouses of [[Mount Auburn Cemetery]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]; designed by [[Jacob Bigelow]] * 1844: [[Old Whaler's Church (Sag Harbor)|Old Whaler's Church]], [[Sag Harbor, New York]]; designed by [[Minard Lafever]] * 1845: The [[brownstone]] entry gates of the [[Grove Street Cemetery]], by [[Henry Austin (architect)|Henry Austin]], [[New Haven, Connecticut]], United States * 1846: [[First Baptist Church of Essex, Connecticut]] * 1856: [[Skull and Bones]] undergraduate secret society at [[Yale University]] in New Haven, Connecticut (architect's attribution in dispute—may also be Henry Austin of the Grove Street Cemetery gates) * 1894: [[The Cairo]] apartment building in Washington, D.C. * 1914: Masonic Temple in Charlotte, North Carolina (1914–87) * 1914–1916: [[Winona Savings Bank Building]] in [[Winona, Minnesota]] * 1920: Marmon Hupmobile Showroom in [[Chicago]]; designed by Paul Gerhardt * 1922: [[Grauman's Egyptian Theatre]] in Los Angeles * 1927: [[Pythian Temple (New York City)]] * 1928: [[Lincoln Theatre (Columbus, Ohio)]]; has an Egyptian revival interior * 1939: [[Social Security Administration Building (Washington, DC)]] * 1966: [[Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum]] in [[San Jose, California]] === Europe, Russia, Africa and Australia === * 18–12 BC [[Pyramid of Cestius]], Rome * 1798 [[Karlsruhe Synagogue]] * circa 1820: [[Donkin Memorial]] in [[Port Elizabeth]], South Africa * 1822: Egyptian temple in [[Łazienki Park]] in [[Warsaw]], Poland * 1824: 42 Fore Street in [[Hertford]], known locally as the Egyptian House, is an [[English Heritage]] Grade II [[listed building]] built on the site of a former inn. A [[grocery store]] from the Victorian era until the 1960s, now a restaurant. * 1825–1826: [[Egyptian Bridge]] in St. Petersburg; collapsed on 20 January 1905, but 1955 replacement incorporated sphinxes and several portions of it remains * 1827–1830: [[Egyptian Gate of Tsarskoe Selo]], St. Petersburg * 1835–1837: [[Egyptian House, Penzance]], Cornwall. Built by local bookseller John Lavin as a museum, it is still standing. * 1836–1840: [[Temple Works]], a former flax mill in the industrial district of [[Holbeck]] in [[Leeds]], England; built for textile industrialist [[John Marshall (industrialist)|John Marshall]] and held the distinction of being the largest single room in the world when it was built * 1838–1839: The Egyptian Avenue and inner circle of the Lebanon Circle in [[Highgate Cemetery]] in London * 1838–1840: [[Temple Lodges Abney Park]] in [[London Borough of Hackney]] * 1844: [[Launceston Synagogue]] in [[Launceston, Tasmania]] * 1845: [[Hobart Synagogue]] in [[Hobart]], Tasmania * 1839–1849 [[Thorvaldsen Museum]], Copenhagen, Denmark. * 1846–1848: [[Old Synagogue at Canterbury]], England * 1849: [[Cape Agulhas Lighthouse]], the second-oldest lighthouse in South Africa; also called the "Pharos of the South" * 1856: Egyptian Temple housing elephants at the [[Antwerp Zoo]]; designed by Charles Servais * 1862–1864: Egyptian temple in the park of [[Stibbert Museum]] in [[Florence]], Italy * 1870: [[The Egyptian Halls]] in Glasgow; designed by [[Alexander Thomson]] * 1881–1889: [[Mausoleo Schilizzi]] in [[Naples]], Italy * 1891: The Typhonium near [[Wissant]] by the Belgian architect Edmond De Vigne * 1899: [[Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue (Cairo)]] * 1902: [[Masonic Temple of Santa Cruz de Tenerife]], Spain * 1914: Regional Studies Museum in [[Krasnoyarsk]], Russia * 1919: [[Mukhtar Museum]] in Cairo * 1921: Louxor theater in [[Paris]] * 1922: Collège des Frères d'Heliopolis in Cairo * 1925: AbdulHamid al-Shawarby Pasha building in Cairo * 1927: Emulation Hall, [[Melbourne, Australia]] * 1927: [[Mausoleum of Saad Zaghloul]] in Cairo * 1927– 1928: Collins & Parri's Arcadia Works for Carreras, London * 1924–1929: [[Lenin's Mausoleum]] in Moscow; designed by [[Aleksey Shchusev]] using elements borrowed from the [[Pyramid of Djoser]] * 1926–1928: [[Carreras Cigarette Factory]] in [[Camden Town|Camden]], London * 1930: foyer of [[Oliver Percy Bernard]]'s Strand Palace Hotel, London (destr. 1967–8; parts now London, V&A) * 1932: Ismailia Monuments Museum in [[Ismailia]], Egypt * 1933: [[Moussa Dar'i Synagogue]] in Cairo * 1934 Pyramid Theatre, [[Sale, Greater Manchester]], UK (formerly a cinema, both independent and [[Odeon Cinemas|Odeon]] now a [[Sports Direct]]) * 1930–1937: [[National Museum of Beirut]] * 1934: Former Perth Girls' School in [[Perth|Perth, Western Australia]], Australia * 1937: [[Manly Town Hall]] in [[Manly, New South Wales]], Australia * 1942: [[Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University]] campus in [[Alexandria]], Egypt * 1946: Royal Rest House, [[Giza Pyramid Complex]], [[Giza]], Egypt * 1961: [[Cairo Tower]] in Cairo * 1974: [[Unknown Soldier Memorial (Egypt)]] in Cairo * Unknown: Lamati Court in [[Minya, Egypt|Minya]], Egypt === Post-Modern variants === * 1989: [[Louvre Pyramid]] in Paris * 1991: [[Pyramid Arena]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee]] * 1992: [[Cheesecake Factory]]{{clarify|date=June 2023}} * 1993: [[Tama-Re]] in [[Eatonton, Georgia]]; demolished 2005 * 1993: [[Luxor Las Vegas|Luxor Hotel and Casino]] in [[Las Vegas]] * 1995: City Stars Heliopolis in Cairo * 1996: The Lost World of Reptiles, an exhibit at the [[Australian Reptile Park]], [[Somersby, New South Wales]], Australia * 1997: [[Wafi City]], Wafi, Dubai City, Dubai UAE * 1997: [[Sunway Pyramid]], [[Bandar Sunway]], Malaysia. * 2001: Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in [[Berlin]] * 2001: [[Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt]] building, Cairo * 2001: [[Scotiabank Theatre]] [[Chinook Centre]] in [[Calgary]], Alberta * 2010: [[Sohag International Airport]] terminal building in [[Sohag]], Egypt * 2010: [[Fairmont Nile City]], Cairo * 2019–present: [[New Administrative Capital]], Egypt, including [[Iconic Tower (Egypt)]], [[Oblisco Capitale]], [[The Octagon (Egypt)]], Egyptian New Parliament, Presidential Palace and more * 2022: Cairo Security Directorate, New Cairo, Egypt
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