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The year 1860 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

  • August 22 – The Cenotaph to Matthew Henry, designed by Thomas Harrison, is unveiled in Chester, England.

Buildings and structures

Buildings opened

thumb|[[Oxford University Museum of Natural History]]

  • Spring – Willden Fort, Utah, built by Charles William Willden and his son Ellott (no longer standing).
  • June – Oxford University Museum of Natural History, designed by Benjamin Woodward.
  • August 28 – St. Augustin, Coburg (Bavaria), consecrated by the Archbishop of Bamberg Michael Deinlein.
  • November 22 – Solund Church, Norway, designed by Christian Henrik Grosch, consecrated by Bishop Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin.
  • November 28 – Swedish Theatre, Helsinki, Finland, designed by Georg Theodor von Chiewitz.

Buildings completed

  • Mosque of Omar, Bethlehem, Palestinian territories.
  • Varshavsky railway station building in Saint Petersburg, Russia, designed by Piotr Salmanovich.
  • Armour–Stiner House in Irvington, New York.

Awards

  • RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Sydney Smirke

Births

  • March 11 – Thomas Hastings, American architect (died 1929)
  • May 2 – Lucien Weissenburger, French Art Nouveau architect (died 1929)
  • August 20 – Kirtland Cutter, American architect (died 1939)
  • date unknown – James Miller, Scottish commercial architect based in Glasgow (died 1947)
  • date unknown – Bertie Crewe, English architect (died 1937)

thumb|upright|[[Charles Barry]]

Deaths

  • February 1 – Giacomo Moraglia, Milanese neoclassical architect (born 1791)
  • February 19 – Edward Lapidge, English architect (born 1779)
  • March 6 – Joseph Welland, Irish architect (born 1798)
  • April 19 – Karol Podczaszyński, Polish neoclassical architect (born 1790)
  • May 12 – Charles Barry, English architect best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (born 1795)
  • October 10 – Thomas Larkins Walker, British-born architect (born 1811)

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