1792 in architecture explained
The year 1792 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- May 16 – La Fenice theatre in Venice, designed by Gianantonio Selva, is inaugurated with an opera performance.[1]
- August 22–31 – Columbus Obelisk in Baltimore, Maryland.
- October 13 – Work begins on the White House, designed by James Hoban, in Washington, D.C.
- Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia is built.
- Church of St John-at-Hackney in London, designed by James Spiller, is built.
- Stenbock House in Tallinn, designed by Johann Caspar Mohr, is completed.
- The Old State House (Connecticut) in Hartford is probably designed by Charles Bulfinch (his first commission for a public building).
- Manjarabad fort in India is built.
- Sir John Soane begins work on his house in London, which becomes the Soane Museum.
Awards
Births
Deaths
- March 3 – Robert Adam, Scottish-born neoclassical architect and interior and furniture designer (born 1728)
- October 28 – John Smeaton, English civil engineer (born 1724)
Notes and References
- Web site: La Fenice Reopens on 12 November . Price . Gillian . November 12, 2004 . OperaToday.com . Opera Today . February 7, 2024.