title: 1803 in architecture
text: # 1803 in architecture
  
  The year 1803 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
  
  ## Buildings and structures
  
  ### Buildings
  
  * The Raj Bhavan in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
  * Holy Cross Church, Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Charles Bulfinch, dedicated.
  * St. John's Chapel (New York City), designed by John McComb, Jr. and his brother Isaac.
  * Rivington Unitarian Chapel in Lancashire, England.
  * Bob Church, Cluj, Transylvania.
  * Casa del Labrador, designed by Isidro González Velásquez, at the Royal Palace of Aranjuez in Spain is completed.
  * Nantwich Bridge in Cheshire, England, built by William Lightfoot.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: François-Narcisse Pagot.
  
  ## Births
  
  * April 3 – David Bryce, Scottish architect (died 1876)
  * April 20 – Christian Hansen, Danish historicist architect (died 1883)
  * August 3 – Joseph Paxton, English gardener, architect and MP (died 1865)
  * October 16 – Robert Stephenson, English railway civil and mechanical engineer (died 1859)
  * November 29 – Gottfried Semper, German architect, art critic and professor of architecture (died 1879)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * date unknown – Ottone Calderari, Italian architect and writer (born 1730)
  