1889 in architecture

Overview of the events of 1889 in architecture

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The year 1889 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

May 6–October 31 – Exposition Universelle in Paris, with the Eiffel Tower as its entrance arch. The Galerie des machines, designed by architect Ferdinand Dutert and engineer Victor Contamin, at 111 m, spans the longest interior space in the world at this time.
August 10 – At the Vienna Hofburg, the grand opening ceremony is held for the Imperial Natural History Museum (German: K.k. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum), begun in 1871; from August 13 to the end of December, the museum counts 175,000 visitors.

March 31 – Eiffel Tower in Paris, designed by Gustave Eiffel.^[1] At 300 m, its height exceeds the previous tallest structure in the world by 130 m.
April 10 – A star is placed on the Mole Antonelliana in Turin, Italy, designed by Alessandro Antonelli, bringing the building's total height to 167.5 m (550 ft), making it the tallest brick building in Europe.^[2]
April 27 – The Ilha Fiscal Customs House, Brazil
June 30 — Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence, Rhode Island, designed by Patrick Keely, is consecrated.^[3]
October 15 – Amsterdam Centraal railway station in the Netherlands, designed by Pierre Cuypers with roof engineered by L. J. Eijmer
December 9 – Auditorium Building in Chicago, United States, designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler

July 12 – Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament (Sacramento, California), United States, designed by Bryan J. Klinch
Custom House, Brisbane, Australia, designed by Charles McLay
Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, United States, designed by Edbrooke and Burnham
Lillesand Church, Norway, designed by Henrik Thrap-Meyer^[4]
First Presbyterian Church (Detroit, Michigan), United States, designed by George D. Mason and Zachariah Rice
St George's Church, Lisbon, Portugal, designed by John Medland and Charles Edward Powell
St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro on Madagascar, designed by William White
Palau Güell in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí
Science Hall in University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District, Minneapolis, United States, designed by Leroy Buffington and his assistant Harvey Ellis
Germania Bank Building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, designed by J. Walter Stevens assisted by Harvey Ellis
Corbin Building in New York City, United States, designed by Francis H. Kimball
St. James Episcopal Church (Cambridge, Massachusetts), United States, designed by Henry M. Congdon^[5]

March 10 – John Rhind, Scottish architect (born 1836)^[7]
June 1 – Charles Lanyon, English architect working in Northern Ireland (born 1813)^[8]
unknown date – James Hardie, American architect active in Natchez, Mississippi^[9]

^ Selwood, Dominic (31 March 2017). "On this day in 1889: Paris' dramatic icon, the Eiffel Tower, opens". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
^ "Mole Antonelliana". www.museocinema.it. Museo Nazionale del Cinema. July 7, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
^ Bodo, Sandor (13 December 2015). "2. Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
^ "Lillesand kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
^ "MACRIS inventory record for St. James Episcopal Church". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
^ Allinson, Kenneth (2008). The Architects and Architecture of London. Routledge. p. 10. ISBN 9780750683371.
^ "Dictionary of Scottish Architects - DSA Architect Biography Report". Retrieved 4 March 2024.
^ The Times Register of Events in. 1889. p. xxiii.
^ Patti Carr Black (1998). Art in Mississippi 1720-1980. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 59–60. ISBN 9781578060849.