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Overview of the events of 1792 in architecture
The year 1792 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
Stenbock House,
Tallinn
- May 16 –
La Fenice theatre in
Venice, designed by Gianantonio Selva, is inaugurated with an opera performance.
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- August 22–31 –
Columbus Obelisk in
Baltimore, Maryland.
- October 13 – Work begins on the
White House, designed by
James Hoban, in
Washington, D.C.
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Alexander Palace in
Tsarskoye Selo, Russia is built.
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Church of St John-at-Hackney in London, designed by
James Spiller, is built.
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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).
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Manjarabad fort in India is built.
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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)
References