Editing 1889 in architecture

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The year '''1889 in architecture''' involved some significant events.

==Events==
*[[May 6]]–[[October 31]] – [[Exposition Universelle (1889)|Exposition Universelle]] in Paris, with the Eiffel Tower as its entrance arch. The ''[[Galerie des machines]]'', designed by architect [[Ferdinand Dutert]] and engineer [[Victor Contamin]], at 111&nbsp;m, spans the longest interior space in the world at this time. Among the Exposition displays is the ''History of Habitation'', a series of houses designed by [[Charles Garnier (architect)|Charles Garnier]] imaginatively illustrating dwellings across many civilizations.<ref>{{cite book|author=Musée d'Orsay|title=1889: la Tour Eiffel et l'Exposition universelle|year=1989|publisher=Editions de la Réunion des Musées nationaux|location=Paris|isbn=2-7118-2244-3}}</ref>
*[[August 10]] – At the [[Vienna]] [[Hofburg]], the grand opening ceremony is held for the [[Imperial Natural History Museum]] ({{Langx|de|K.k. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum}}), begun in 1871; from August 13 to the end of December, the museum counts 175,000 visitors.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1889}}
===Buildings opened===
[[File:Eiffel tower at Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Eiffel Tower]] and [[Exposition Universelle (1889)|Exposition Universelle]]]]
*[[March 31]] – [[Eiffel Tower]] in [[Paris]], designed by [[Gustave Eiffel]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Selwood|first1=Dominic|title=On this day in 1889: Paris' dramatic icon, the Eiffel Tower, opens|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/31/day-1889-paris-dramatic-icon-eiffel-tower-opens/|website=The Telegraph|access-date=13 May 2018|date=31 March 2017}}</ref> At 300&nbsp;m, its height exceeds the previous [[List of tallest buildings and structures in the world|tallest structure in the world]] by 130&nbsp;m.
*[[April 10]] – A star is placed on the [[Mole Antonelliana]] in [[Turin]], [[Italy]], designed by [[Alessandro Antonelli]], bringing the building's total height to {{convert|167.5|m|abbr=on}}, making it the tallest brick building in [[Europe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.museocinema.it/en/museo-e-mole-antonelliana/mole-antonelliana |title=Mole Antonelliana |website=www.museocinema.it |date=July 7, 2016 |publisher=Museo Nazionale del Cinema |access-date=December 21, 2017 }}</ref>
*[[April 27]] – The [[Ilha Fiscal Customs House]], Brazil
*[[June 30]] — [[Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul (Providence, Rhode Island)|Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island]], designed by [[Patrick Keely]], is consecrated.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bodo |first1=Sandor |title=2. Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul |url=http://www.providencejournal.com/article/20151213/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/151219790 |access-date=4 November 2018 |publisher=The Providence Journal |date=13 December 2015}}</ref>
*[[October 15]] – [[Amsterdam Centraal railway station]] in the Netherlands, designed by [[Pierre Cuypers]] with roof engineered by L. J. Eijmer 
*[[December 9]] – [[Auditorium Building]] in [[Chicago]], United States, designed by [[Louis Sullivan]] and [[Dankmar Adler]]

==Buildings completed==
*[[July 12]] – [[Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramento, California)]], United States, designed by Bryan J. Klinch
* [[Customs House, Brisbane|Custom House]], [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]], designed by [[Charles McLay]]
* [[Georgia State Capitol]] in [[Atlanta]], United States, designed by Edbrooke and Burnham 
* [[Lillesand Church]], Norway, designed by [[Henrik Thrap-Meyer]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lillesand kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/092600301 |access-date=2021-01-17 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen}}</ref>
* [[First Presbyterian Church (Detroit, Michigan)]], United States, designed by [[George D. Mason]] and Zachariah Rice
* [[St George's Church, Lisbon]], Portugal, designed by John Medland and Charles Edward Powell
* [[St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro]] on [[Madagascar]], designed by [[William White (architect)|William White]]
* [[Palau Güell]] in [[Barcelona]], designed by [[Antoni Gaudí]]
* Science Hall in [[University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District]], Minneapolis, United States, designed by [[Leroy Buffington]] and his assistant [[Harvey Ellis]]
* [[Germania Bank Building (St. Paul)|Germania Bank Building]] in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, designed by [[J. Walter Stevens]] assisted by Harvey Ellis 
* [[Corbin Building]] in New York City, United States, designed by [[Francis H. Kimball]] 
* [[St. James Episcopal Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts)]], United States, designed by [[Henry Martyn Congdon|Henry M. Congdon]]<ref name=MACRIS>{{cite web |url=https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=cam.244|title=MACRIS inventory record for St. James Episcopal Church|publisher=Commonwealth of Massachusetts |access-date=2014-03-22}}</ref>

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]] [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Charles Thomas Newton]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Allinson|first1=Kenneth|title=The Architects and Architecture of London|date=2008|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780750683371|page=10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RAQBHs4BWXQC&pg=PA10|language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
*[[May 10]] – [[Mihran Mesrobian]], Armenian-born American (died [[1975 in architecture|1975]])
*[[May 21]] – [[R. Harold Zook]], American architect (died [[1949 in architecture|1949]])
*[[June 24]] – [[Charles Cowles-Voysey]], English architect (died [[1981 in architecture|1981]])
*[[August 26]] – [[Jan Buijs]], Dutch architect (died [[1961 in architecture|1961]])
*[[October 25]] – [[Sven Markelius]], Swedish architect (died [[1972 in architecture|1972]])
*[[December 23]] – [[Joseph Emberton]], English modernist architect (died [[1956 in architecture|1956]])

==Deaths==
*[[March 10]] – [[John Rhind (architect)|John Rhind]], Scottish architect (born [[1836 in architecture|1836]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100329|title = Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report|access-date=4 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[June 1]] – [[Charles Lanyon]], English architect working in Northern Ireland (born [[1813 in architecture|1813]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Times Register of Events in |year=1889|page=xxiii}}</ref>
*''unknown date'' – [[James Hardie (architect)|James Hardie]], American architect active in Natchez, Mississippi<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/artinmississippi0000blac |url-access=registration |title=Art in Mississippi 1720-1980 |author=Patti Carr Black |authorlink=Patti Carr Black |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |date=1998 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/artinmississippi0000blac/page/59 59]–60|isbn=9781578060849 }}</ref>


==References==
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[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1889]]
[[Category:Years in architecture]]
[[Category:19th-century architecture]]