Editing 1886 in architecture

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The year '''1886 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Events==
* [[Patrick Manogue]], Sacramento's first bishop, acquires the land to build the [[Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramento, California)|Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament]] in the [[United States]], designed by Bryan J. Klinch.<ref>{{cite book|author=Diocese of Sacramento|title=The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament|page=8|publisher=Editions Du Signe|year=2005}}</ref>

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1886}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:EdwardMoran-UnveilingTheStatueofLiberty1886Large.jpg|thumb|''Unveiling of the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World'' (1886) by [[Edward Moran]]. Oil on canvas. The J. Clarence Davies Collection, [[Museum of the City of New York]].]]
* [[June 30]] – [[Founder's Building]] at [[Royal Holloway, University of London|Royal Holloway College]] for women, [[Egham]], near London, designed by [[William Henry Crossland]].
* July – [[Neuschwanstein Castle]] in [[Bavaria]], designed by [[Christian Jank]] and realized by [[Eduard Riedel]], is opened to the public, although incomplete.
* [[October 28]] – [[Statue of Liberty]] in [[New York Harbor]], United States, designed by [[Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi]] with engineering by [[Gustave Eiffel]] and [[Maurice Koechlin]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Khan|first=Yasmin Sabina|year=2010|title=Enlightening the World: The Creation of the Statue of Liberty|location=Ithaca, New York|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-4851-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/enlighteningworl00khan/page/176 176]|url=https://archive.org/details/enlighteningworl00khan/page/176}}</ref>
* [[October 31]] – [[Dom Luís Bridge]] in [[Porto]], designed by [[Téophile Seyrig]].

===Buildings completed===
* [[Iowa State Capitol]] in [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]], designed by [[John C. Cochrane]] and [[Alfred H. Piquenard]]
* [[National Assembly (Bulgaria)|National Assembly building]] in [[Sofia]], designed by [[Konstantin Jovanović]].
* [[Hotel Cecil (London)|Hotel Cecil]], London, United Kingdom, designed by Perry & Reed.
* [[Hawick Town Hall]], Scotland, designed by [[James Campbell Walker]].
* [[Oulu City Hall]], Finland, designed by Johan Erik Stenberg.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oulu.ouka.fi/kaupungintalo/english/mainbld.htm|title=Main building|publisher=City of Oulu|access-date=2013-08-13}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Charles Garnier (architect)|Charles Garnier]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture:  [[Albert Louvet]] (First Prize & Second).

==Births==
* [[March 24]] – [[Robert Mallet-Stevens]], French [[architect]] (died [[1945 in architecture|1945]])
* [[March 27]]
** [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]], German-American architect (died [[1969 in architecture|1969]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Schulze|first=Franz|title=Mies Van Der Rohe; A Critical Biography|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=1985|isbn=0-226-74059-5}}</ref>
** [[Clemens Holzmeister]], Austrian architect and stage designer (died [[1983 in architecture|1983]])
* [[June 17]] – [[George Howe (architect)|George Howe]], American International Style architect and educator (died [[1955 in architecture|1955]])
* [[July 27]] – [[Ernst May]], German architect and city planner (died [[1970 in architecture|1970]])<ref>{{cite book|first=Susan Rose|last=Henderson|title=The work of Ernst May, 1919–1930, part '''1'''|year=1990}}</ref>
* [[Yehuda Magidovitch]], Ukrainian-born Israeli architect (died [[1961 in architecture|1961]])

==Deaths==
* [[April 18]] – [[Sancton Wood]], English railway station architect (born [[1815 in architecture|1815]])
* [[April 27]] – [[Henry Hobson Richardson]], American architect (born [[1838 in architecture|1838]])<ref>{{cite book|last=O'Gorman|first=James F.|authorlink=James F. O'Gorman|title=Living Architecture: A Biography of H. H. Richardson|year=1997|publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=New York|isbn=978-0-684-83618-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/livingarchitectu00ogor/page/188 188]|url=https://archive.org/details/livingarchitectu00ogor/page/188}}</ref>
* [[July 17]] – [[David Stevenson (engineer)|David Stevenson]], Scottish lighthouse engineer (born [[1815 in architecture|1815]])
* [[October 6]] – [[E. W. Godwin]], English architect and designer (born [[1833 in architecture|1833]])
* [[November 4]] – [[George Devey]], [[English country house]] architect (born [[1820 in architecture|1820]])

==References==
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