Editing 1859 in architecture

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The year '''1859 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1859}}
===Buildings===
[[File:A view of central London by Tim Morris.jpg|thumb|[[Big Ben]] in [[London]], England]]
[[File:Philip Webb's Red House in Upton.jpg|thumb|[[Red House, Bexleyheath]]]]
* May 28 – [[All Saints, Margaret Street]], London, designed by [[William Butterfield]], is consecrated.
* September 7 – "[[Big Ben]]" in the clock tower of the [[Palace of Westminster]] in [[London]] completed by Sir [[Charles Barry]] to the designs of [[Augustus Pugin]] becomes fully operational.
* October 18 – New chapel at [[Exeter College, Oxford]], designed by [[George Gilbert Scott]], is dedicated.
* [[Red House, Bexleyheath|Red House]] in [[Bexleyheath]], [[England]] designed by [[Philip Webb]] and [[William Morris]].
* The [[Cooper Union]] for Advancement of Science and Art in [[New York City]], founded by Peter Cooper is born with the completion of The Foundation Building, designed by Prussian-born architect and civil engineer [[Fred A. Petersen]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Shockley|first1=Jay|first2=Susan|last2=Tunick|title=The Cooper Union Building and Architectural Terra Cotta|journal=Winterthur Portfolio|volume=39|issue=4|year=2005|pages=207–228|doi=10.1086/497847|s2cid=162977446}}</ref>
* [[Tennessee State Capitol]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], [[United States]], designed by [[William Strickland (architect)|William Strickland]], is completed.
* Third [[Vermont State House]], designed by Thomas Silloway, in [[Montpelier, Vermont]], [[United States]], is completed.
* [[Vigadó of Pest]] (concert hall) in Hungary, designed by [[Frigyes Feszl]], is built.
* Main cell block of [[Fremantle Prison]] in Western Australia, designed by Brevet Major [[Edmund Henderson]], is completed.
* [[Needles Lighthouse]] on [[The Needles]] off the [[Isle of Wight]], designed by [[James Walker (engineer)|James Walker]], is built.

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[George Gilbert Scott]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: Charles Thierry and {{ill|Louis Boitte|fr}}.

==Births==
* [[February 13]] – [[Zsigmond Quittner]], Hungarian commercial architect (died [[1918 in architecture#Deaths|1918]])
* [[March 3]] – [[Konstantīns Pēkšēns]], Latvian architect (died [[1928 in architecture#Deaths|1928]])
* [[August 7]] – [[Fyodor Schechtel]], Russian architect, graphic artist and stage designer (died [[1926 in architecture#Deaths|1926]])
* [[September 13]] – [[Anton Rosen]], Danish architect, furniture designer and decorative artist (died 1928)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Arkitektur/Danmark/Anton_Rosen|title=Anton Rosen|publisher=Gyldendal|access-date=2010-07-23}}</ref>
* [[November 29]] – [[Cass Gilbert]], American architect (died [[1934 in architecture|1934]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Christen|first=Barbara S.|author2=Flanders, Steven|title=Cass Gilbert, Life and Work: Architect of the Public Domain|publisher=W.W. Norton|year=2001|isbn=0-393-73065-4}}</ref>
* [[December 15]] – [[Stewart Henbest Capper]], Manx-born Arts and Crafts architect (died [[1925 in architecture#Deaths|1925]])

==Deaths==
* [[May 18]] – [[William Donthorne]], English architect, one of the founders of what becomes the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) (born [[1799 in architecture|1799]])
* [[September 15]] – [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]], English railway civil and marine engineer  and bridge builder (born [[1806 in architecture|1806]]; stroke)<ref>Skempton, A.; Rennison, Robert William; Cox-Humphreys, Rob (2002). ''Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland v. 1 1500–1830''. Thomas Telford Ltd. {{ISBN|0-7277-2939-X}}.</ref>
* [[October 12]] – [[Robert Stephenson]], English railway civil and mechanical engineer (born [[1803 in architecture|1803]])
* [[December 12]] — [[Thomas Alexander Tefft]], American architect based in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] (born [[1826 in architecture|1826]])

==References==
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