Editing 1837 in architecture

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The year '''1837 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
* January 11 – The [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] in London (RIBA) is granted its [[royal charter]].
* January 20 – Death of English [[neo-classical architect]] Sir [[John Soane]] gives effect to the creation of his [[London]] house as [[Sir John Soane's Museum]].

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1837}}
===Buildings===
[[File:Euston Station showing wrought iron roof of 1837.jpg|thumb|[[Euston railway station|Euston station]]]]
* June 10 – [[Galerie des Batailles]] at the [[Palace of Versailles]] in France, designed by [[Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine]] with Frédéric Nepveu, is opened.
* July 13 – [[St George's Cathedral, London|Christ Church, St Pancras, London]], designed by [[James Pennethorne]], is consecrated.
* July 20 – [[Euston railway station]], the first main line station in London, is opened, incorporating the [[Euston Arch]] designed by [[Philip Hardwick]] (demolished 1961).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Smithson|first1=Alison|last2=Smithson|first2=Peter|authorlink=Alison and Peter Smithson|title=The Euston Arch and the growth of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway|publisher=Thames & Hudson|year=1968|location=London}}</ref>
* "Great Stove" or [[Conservatory (greenhouse)|Conservatory]] at [[Chatsworth House]] in England, designed by [[Joseph Paxton]], is begun; it is the largest glass building in the world at this time (demolished 1923).<ref name=hrh>{{cite book|title=Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries|last=Hitchcock|first=Henry-Russell|authorlink=Henry-Russell Hitchcock|year=1977|publisher=Penguin Books|location=Harmondsworth|isbn=0-14-056115-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/architecturenine00hitc/page/177 177]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/architecturenine00hitc/page/177}}</ref>
* Major reconstruction of [[Penrhyn Castle]] in [[North Wales]] by [[Thomas Hopper (architect)|Thomas Hopper]] is largely completed.<ref name=ODNB>{{cite ODNB|first=M. H.|last=Port |title=Hopper, Thomas (1776–1856)|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13763 |access-date=2013-01-23|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/13763}} </ref>
* Rock Park, [[Rock Ferry]], England, laid out by Jonathan Bennison.

==Awards==
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[Jean-Baptiste Guenepin]].

==Births==
[[File:Christopher William Hunneman - Portrait of Sir John Soane.jpg|thumb|upright|[[John Soane]]]]
* 28 May – [[George Ashlin]], Irish architect (died [[1921 in architecture|1921]])
* 4 June – [[Jean-Louis Pascal]], French architect (died [[1920 in architecture|1920]])
* 11 December – [[Webster Paulson]], English civil engineer (died [[1887 in architecture|1887]])
* 15 December – [[George B. Post]], American architect (died [[1913 in architecture|1913]])

==Deaths==
* January 20 – Sir [[John Soane]], English architect (born [[1753 in architecture|1753]])

==References==
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