Editing 1891 in architecture

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The year '''1891 in architecture''' involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

==Buildings and structures==
{{See also|Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1891}}

===Buildings===
[[File:20070613 Ludington Building crop.JPG|thumb|[[Ludington Building]] – Chicago]]
[[File:Opernhaus Zürich - Sechseläutenplatz 2013-08-31 18-30-40.JPG|thumb|[[Zürich Opera House|Stadttheater Zürich]], Switzerland]]
* October 7 — Uris Library at [[Cornell University]], designed by [[William Henry Miller (architect)|William Henry Miller]], opens<ref>{{cite web |title=Uris Library Historical Tour: Introduction |url=https://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/uris-history |website=Cornell University Library |publisher=Cornell University |access-date=30 October 2018}}</ref>
* [[Ludington Building]] – [[Chicago]], designed by [[William Le Baron Jenney]], earliest surviving steel-framed building in the city, and the earliest entirely [[terracotta]]-clad skyscraper (8 storeys).<ref>{{cite web|title=Ludington Building, 1104 Wabash Campus 1104 S. Wabash Ave.|url=http://www.lib.colum.edu/archives/college/buildings/1104wabash.htm |year=2006|publisher=[[Columbia College Chicago]]|access-date=2012-05-28}}</ref>
* [[Manhattan Building (Chicago, Illinois)|Manhattan Building – Chicago]], designed by William Le Baron Jenney, completed; world's earliest surviving steel-framed building to use a purely skeletal supporting structure.<ref>''{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040926185211/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=117280 Manhattan Building, Chicago.]}}'' Emporis Buildings (URL accessed 9 July 2006).[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field(DOCID+@lit(IL0052)) Manhattan Building, 431 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL.] American Memory from the Library of Congress (URL accessed 9 July 2006).</ref>
* [[Second Leiter Building]] – Chicago, designed by William Le Baron Jenney.
* [[Monadnock Building]] – [[Chicago]], tallest masonry load-bearing wall building when built.
* [[Sacred Heart Cathedral (Davenport, Iowa)|Sacred Heart Cathedral]] – [[Davenport, Iowa]], designed by [[James J. Egan]].
* [[St. Ambrose Cathedral (Des Moines, Iowa)|St. Ambrose Cathedral]] – [[Des Moines, Iowa]], designed by James J. Egan.
* [[San Sebastian Church (Manila)]].
* [[Wainwright Building]] – [[St. Louis, Missouri]], designed by [[Dankmar Adler]] and [[Louis Sullivan]].
* [[Fisher Fine Arts Library|University of Pennsylvania Library]] – [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], designed by [[Frank Furness]].
* Several buildings constructed for the [[General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891)|General Land Centennial Exhibition]] [[list of world's fairs|world fair]] – [[Prague]], including the [[Art Nouveau]] Průmyslový Palace.
* [[Victoria Hall (Geneva)]], Switzerland, a concert hall designed by [[Marc Camoletti (architect)|Marc Camoletti]].
* [[Zürich Opera House|Stadttheater Zürich]], designed by [[Fellner & Helmer]], opened.
* [[House of the Estates]] in [[Helsinki]], Finland, built.
* [[Victoria Square House|General Post Office]], [[Birmingham]], England, designed by [[Henry Tanner (architect)|Henry Tanner]].
* [[Palace Theatre, Manchester]], England, designed by [[Alfred Darbyshire]].
* [[Château de l'Île]] (Schloss Inselburg), [[Ostwald, Bas-Rhin]], France (then Germany).

==Awards==
* [[Royal Institute of British Architects|RIBA]]  [[Royal Gold Medal]] – [[Arthur Blomfield]].
* [[Grand Prix de Rome]], architecture: Henri Eustache.

==Births==
* [[January 2]] – [[Giovanni Michelucci]], Italian architect, urban planner and engraver (died [[1990 in architecture#Deaths|1990]])
* [[August 2]] – [[Joseph Charles Fowell]], Australian architect (died [[1970 in architecture|1970]])
* ''date unknown'' – [[Kanippayyur Shankaran Namboodiripad]], [[Nambudiri]] [[Brahmin]] and Royal Architect (died [[1981 in architecture|1981]])
* ''date unknown'' – [[Giuseppe Psaila]], Maltese Art Nouveau architect (died [[1960 in architecture|1960]])

==Deaths==
* [[January 11]] – [[Georges-Eugène Haussmann|Baron Haussmann]], French civic planner notable for the rebuilding of Paris in the 1860s (born [[1809 in architecture|1809]])<ref>{{cite book|first=David H.|last=Pinkney|title=Napoleon III and the Rebuilding of Paris|location=Princeton, N.J.|publisher=Princeton University Press|orig-year=1958|edition=Paperback|year=1972 |isbn=0-691-00768-3}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – [[John Wellborn Root]], Chicago architect (born [[1850 in architecture|1850]]; pneumonia)<ref>{{cite book|last=Lanctot|first=Barbara|title=A Walk Through Graceland Cemetery|publisher=Chicago Architectural Foundation|year=1988|pages=14–15}}</ref>
* [[January 22]] – [[Miklós Ybl]], Hungarian architect (born [[1814 in architecture|1814]])
* [[January 23]] – [[Friedrich von Schmidt]], Austrian architect working in Vienna (born [[1825 in architecture|1825]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis]], Latvian architect (born [[1834 in architecture|1834]])
* [[April 7]] – [[J. D. Sedding]], English ecclesiastical architect (born [[1838 in architecture|1838]])
* [[May 7]] – [[John Hayward (architect)|John Hayward]], English [[Gothic Revival]] architect (born [[1807 in architecture|1807]])

==References==
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