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Overview of the events of 1859 in architecture
The year 1859 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings and structures Buildings Big Ben in London , EnglandRed House, Bexleyheath May 28 – All Saints, Margaret Street , London, designed by William Butterfield , is consecrated.
September 7 – "Big Ben " in the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster in London completed by Sir Charles Barry to the designs of Augustus Pugin becomes fully operational.
October 18 – New chapel at Exeter College, Oxford , designed by George Gilbert Scott , is dedicated.
Red House in Bexleyheath , England designed by Philip Webb and William Morris .The Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art in New York City , founded by Peter Cooper is born with the completion of The Foundation Building, designed by Prussian-born architect and civil engineer Fred A. Petersen .[1]
Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee , United States , designed by William Strickland , is completed.Third Vermont State House , designed by Thomas Silloway, in Montpelier, Vermont , United States , is completed.
Vigadó of Pest (concert hall) in Hungary, designed by Frigyes Feszl , is built.Main cell block of Fremantle Prison in Western Australia, designed by Brevet Major Edmund Henderson , is completed.
Needles Lighthouse on The Needles off the Isle of Wight , designed by James Walker , is built.Awards Births Deaths References 
