Editing 1861 in architecture

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The year '''1861 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural event and new buildings.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1861}}
===Buildings completed===
[[File:St James the Less, Vauxhall Bridge Road, SW1 - East end - geograph.org.uk - 1851158.jpg|thumb|[[St James the Less, Pimlico]]]]
* [[Arlington Street Church]] in [[Boston]], Massachusetts, [[United States]], designed by Arthur Gilman.
* [[St James the Less, Pimlico]], London, designed by [[George Edmund Street]].
* [[All Saints Notting Hill]], London, designed by [[William White (architect)|William White]] in 1852.
* [[St. Michael's Church, Berlin]], designed by [[August Soller]] (who is buried here) in 1845 and completed by [[Richard Lucae]] (his nephew), Andreas Simons and [[Martin Gropius]].
* [[Tromsø Cathedral]], Norway, designed by [[Christian Heinrich Grosch]].
* [[Palácio do Grão-Pará]], Petrópolis, Brazil, designed by Theodore Marx with de Araújo Porto Alegre.
* [[Mary Birdsall House]] in [[Richmond, Indiana]].

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Lesueur]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[Constant Moyaux]].

==Births==
[[File:WilliamCubitt-a.jpg|thumb|upright|[[William Cubitt]]]]
* [[January 6]] – [[Victor Horta]], Belgian architect and designer (died [[1947 in architecture|1947]])<ref>Aubry, Françoise; Vandenbreeden, Jos (1996). ''Horta — Art Nouveau to Modernism''. Ghent: Ludion Press. {{ISBN|0-8109-6333-7}}.</ref>
* [[April 20]] – [[Hermann Muthesius]], German architect and writer on architecture (died [[1927 in architecture|1927]])
* [[July 17]] – [[Horace Field]], English architect (died [[1948 in architecture|1948]])
* [[September 2]] – [[Arthur Beresford Pite]], English architect (died [[1934 in architecture|1934]])

==Deaths==
* [[May 15]] – [[Benjamin Woodward]], Irish architect (born [[1816 in architecture|1816]])<ref>{{cite DNBSupp|wstitle=Woodward, Benjamin|first=Campbell|last=Dodgson}}</ref>
* [[October 13]] – Sir [[William Cubitt]], English civil engineer (born [[1785 in architecture|1785]])

==References==
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[[Category:1861 works|Architecture]]
[[Category:Years in architecture]]
[[Category:19th-century architecture]]