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Overview of the events of 1799 in architecture
The year 1799 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings and structures
Buildings
- May 9 –
St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in
New York City, built by
John McComb, Jr., is consecrated.
-
Gracie Mansion in New York City, designed by John McComb, Jr., is built.
- The
Chester Shot Tower, a grade-II*-listed
shot tower, is built in the Boughton district of
Chester,
England.
- In
New Orleans,
The Cabildo (first phase) is completed (begun in 1795).
- Reconstruction of
Town Hall, Vilnius, by
Laurynas Gucevičius is completed.
-
Broadway Tower, Worcestershire, England, designed by
James Wyatt, is completed.
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Grand Pump Room, Bath, England, designed by
Thomas Baldwin and
John Palmer, is completed
-
Hjo Church in Sweden is completed.
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Deaths
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