1830 in architecture

The year 1830 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• The Altes Museum in Berlin, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, which was begun in 1823, is completed.
• The Glyptothek museum in Munich, designed by Leo von Klenze, is completed.
• The Museo Correr, a museum in Venice, Italy, is established.
• The Yorkshire Museum in York, England is completed.
• The Wellington Arch in London, designed by Decimus Burton, is completed in its original position.
• St Mary's Church, Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England, designed by Joseph Potter, is consecrated.
• Old Mosque, Ufa, Russia.
• Liverpool and Manchester Railway opened in England. The two original terminuses are Crown Street station in Liverpool and Liverpool Road station in Manchester.

Births

• April 14 — William R. Walker, American architect based in Providence, Rhode Island (died 1905)
• June 7 – Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (died 1880)
• July 19 – Alfred Waterhouse, English architect (died 1905)
• November 7 – Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (died 1907)
• Approximate date – John Giles, English architect (died 1900)

Deaths

• September 15 – François Baillairgé, Canadian artist, woodcarver and architect (born 1759)

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