Editing 1869 in architecture

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The year '''1869 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* Construction of [[Neuschwanstein]] in [[Bavaria]], designed by [[Christian Jank]], is begun.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1869}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:Yasukuni Shrine 201005.jpg|thumb|[[Yasukuni Shrine]]]]
* [[February 3]] – [[Booth's Theatre]], [[New York City]], United States.
* [[May 12]] – Chapel of [[St John's College, Cambridge]], England, designed by [[George Gilbert Scott]], consecrated.
* [[May 25]] – [[Vienna State Opera]], constructed by [[Josef Hlávka]] to designs by [[August Sicard von Sicardsburg]] and [[Eduard van der Nüll]]. van der Nüll hanged himself in 1868 in disappointment at the public reaction to the design and von Sicardsburg died of tuberculosis a few months later.
* June – [[Yasukuni Shrine]], Tokyo, Japan.<ref>Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1963). ''The Vicissitudes of Shinto''. pp.&nbsp;118–134.</ref>
* [[October 19]] – [[St Barnabas Church, Oxford]], England, designed by [[Arthur Blomfield]], consecrated.
* [[November 6]] – [[Blackfriars Bridge]], [[London]], England.
* [[November 17]] – The modern [[Suez Canal]].
* [[December 31]] – [[St Stephen's Church, Rosslyn Hill]], London, designed by [[S. S. Teulon]].

===Buildings completed===
[[File:2009-07-26-berlin-by-RalfR-36.jpg|thumb|[[Rotes Rathaus]] in [[Berlin]], Germany]]
* Churches of [[:File:Christ Apostolic Church, Hackney.jpg|St Columba]] and  [[St Chad's Church, Haggerston|St Chad]], [[Haggerston]] in the [[East End of London]], designed by [[James Brooks (architect)|James Brooks]].<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Architect|volume=4|page=109|title=Mr Brooks's Churches|date=1870-08-20|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UczlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA108}}</ref>
* [[Rotes Rathaus]] in [[Berlin]], [[Germany]].
* [[Manchester (HM Prison)|Strangeways Prison]] in [[Manchester]], England.
* [[Hillfield House]] in [[Gloucester]], England, designed by [[John Giles (architect)|John Giles]].
* [[Mole Antonelliana]] in [[Turin]], Italy.

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Karl Richard Lepsius]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: [[Ferdinand Dutert]].

==Births==
* [[March 21]] – [[Albert Kahn (architect)|Albert Kahn]], German-born industrial architect working in the United States (died [[1942 in architecture|1942]])
* [[March 29]] – [[Edwin Lutyens]], "the greatest British architect"<ref>[[Gavin Stamp]] (2006). "The Memorial to the Missing of the Somme".</ref>(died [[1944 in architecture|1944]])
* [[April 4]] – [[Mary Colter]], [[Americans|American]] architect and designer (died [[1958 in architecture|1958]])
* [[April 28]] – [[Bertram Goodhue]], American neo-Gothic designer (died [[1924 in architecture|1924]])
* [[August 13]] – [[Tony Garnier (architect)|Tony Garnier]], French architect and urban designer (died [[1948 in architecture|1948]])
* [[November 4]] – [[Fritz Schumacher (architect)|Fritz Schumacher]], German architect and urban designer (died [[1947 in architecture|1947]])
* [[November 8]] – [[Adolf Eichler]], German architect working in [[Baku]] (suicide [[1911 in architecture|1911]])
* [[November 20]] – [[Herbert Tudor Buckland]], Welsh-born architect working in [[Birmingham]] (died [[1951 in architecture|1951]])
* [[December 7]] – [[Jānis Alksnis]], Latvian architect and builder (died [[1939 in architecture|1939]])

==Deaths==
* [[January 5]] – [[George Smith (architect)|George Smith]], English architect and surveyor (born [[1782 in architecture|1782]])
* [[April 13]] – [[Isaiah Rogers]], American architect (born [[1800 in architecture|1800]])
* [[July 7]] – [[Horatio Nelson Goulty]], English architect (born c.1832)
* [[August 9]] – [[Giuseppe Puini]], Italian engineer and neoclassical architect (born [[1806 in architecture|1806]])

==References==
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