Editing 1847 in architecture

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The year '''1847 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* May – The [[Architectural Association School of Architecture]] is founded in London.<ref>John Summerson: ''The Architectural Association 1847–1947'', Pleiades Books, London 1947.</ref>
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==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1847}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:Aqueduc de Roquefavour 2013.JPG|thumb|The [[Roquefavour Aqueduct]] in the south of France]]
* [[March 31]] – The first mass is celebrated in [[St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal]], designed by Pierre-Louis Morin and Father [[Félix Martin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imtl.org/montreal/building/eglise-Saint-Patrick.php|title=Saint-Patrick's Basilica|work=Images Montréal|access-date=2014-10-01}}</ref><ref>Designated a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]]. {{CRHP|12104|St. Patrick's Basilica National Historic Site of Canada|August 17, 2011}}</ref>
* [[April 15]] – [[House of Lords|Lords Chamber]] in the [[Palace of Westminster]] in [[London]], rebuilt to the design of [[Charles Barry]] with decoration by [[Augustus Pugin]].
* [[June 28]] – Trains first use [[Broadstone railway station]] in [[Dublin]], Ireland, designed by [[John Skipton Mulvany]].
* [[June 30]] – Water first flows along the [[Roquefavour Aqueduct]] in the south of France, engineered by [[Jean François Mayor de Montricher]].
* [[August 3]] – Trains first use [[Huddersfield railway station]] in the north of England, designed by [[James Pigott Pritchett]].
* [[September 10]] – Trains first use [[Carlisle railway station|Carlisle Citadel railway station]] in the north of England, designed by [[William Tite]].
* November – Trains first use [[Bury St Edmunds railway station]] in the east of England, probably designed by [[Sancton Wood]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Gordon|last=Biddle|title=Britain's Historic Railway Buildings: an Oxford Gazetteer of Structures and Sites|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|isbn=0-19-866247-5}}</ref>
* First performance at the [[Carltheater]] in [[Vienna]], designed by [[Eduard van der Nüll]] and [[August Sicard von Sicardsburg]].

===Buildings completed===
* [[Madina Mosque (Bengal)|Madina Mosque]], [[Murshidabad]], West Bengal, India, rebuilt under the supervision of Sadeq Ali Khan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Heritage Murshidabad » Imambara|url=http://www.westbengaltourism.gov.in/web/guest/imambara|publisher=Government of West Bengal|access-date=2012-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111207000455/http://westbengaltourism.gov.in/web/guest/imambara|archive-date=2011-12-07|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* St Marie's Church (Roman Catholic), [[Rugby, Warwickshire|Rugby, England]], designed by [[Augustus Pugin]].
* [[:File:Pugin's Hall Rampisham - geograph.org.uk - 405962.jpg|Rectory]], [[Rampisham]], Dorset, England, designed by [[Augustus Pugin]].

==Awards==
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture – [[Louis-Jules André]].

==Births==
* [[March 21]] – [[Fredrik Olaus Lindström]], Swedish city architect (died [[1919 in architecture|1919]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vbm.se/avdelningar/byggnadsvard1/arkitektur-i-umea/husritare/f-o-lindstrem.html|title=F. O. Lindström|publisher=Västerbottens museum|language=Swedish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328110743/http://www.vbm.se/avdelningar/byggnadsvard1/arkitektur-i-umea/husritare/f-o-lindstrem.html|archive-date=2012-03-28|url-status=dead|access-date=2011-08-02}}</ref>
* [[April 16]] – [[Hans Auer]], Austrian architect (died [[1906 in architecture|1906]])
* [[June 9]] – [[Alajos Hauszmann]], Austro-Hungarian architect and professor (died [[1926 in architecture|1926]])<ref>{{cite book|editor=Gerle, János|title=Hauszmann Alajos|publisher=Holnap Kiadó|location=Budapest|year=2002|isbn=963-346-526-5}}</ref>
* [[August 24]] – [[Charles Follen McKim]], [[Americans|American]] architect (died [[1909 in architecture|1909]])
[[File:Archibald Simpson Posthumous Portrait.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Archibald Simpson]]]]
* ''date unknown''
** [[John Beswicke]], Australian architect and surveyor (died [[1925 in architecture|1925]])
** [[Alexandru Săvulescu (architect)|Alexandru Săvulescu]], [[Romania]]n architect (died [[1902 in architecture|1902]])

==Deaths==
* [[March 23]] – [[Archibald Simpson]], Scottish architect practicing in Aberdeen (born [[1790 in architecture|1790]])
* [[October 13]] – [[Lewis Nockalls Cottingham]], English architect, pioneer in the study of Medieval Gothic architecture (born [[1787 in architecture|1787]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Eastlake|first=Charles Locke|authorlink=Charles Eastlake|year=1872|title=A History of the Gothic Revival|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorygothicr00eastgoog|location=London|publisher=Longmans, Green & Co|page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistorygothicr00eastgoog/page/n139 109]}}</ref>
* [[November 26]] – [[Harvey Lonsdale Elmes]], English architect, designer of St George's Hall, Liverpool (born [[1814 in architecture|1814]]; [[Tuberculosis|consumption]])<ref>{{cite ODNB |first=David|last=Watkin|authorlink=David Watkin (historian)|title=Elmes, Harvey Lonsdale (1814–1847)|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8732|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/8732|access-date=2014-06-01}} </ref>

==References==
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