title: 1819 in architecture
text: # 1819 in architecture
  
  The year 1819 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
  
  ## Events
  
  * Construction of Karlsborg Fortress in Sweden begins.
  * Construction of Mikhailovsky Palace in Saint Petersburg begins.
  * Sculptural work begins at the Schauspielhaus in Berlin (the modern-day Konzerthaus Berlin), designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
  
  ## Buildings and structures
  
  ### Buildings completed
  
  * Casa de la Guerra, Santa Barbara, USA
  * Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, USA, designed by Alexander Parris and Solomon Willard
  * Greek-Catholic Church in Giurtelecu Şimleului, Romania (demolished in 1973)
  * The Plymouth Athenaeum, England, designed by John Foulston (destroyed in 1941)
  * New Théâtre de l'Odéon in Paris, designed by Pierre Thomas Baraguay (opened in September)
  * Vartiovuori Observatory, Turku, Finland
  
  ## Awards
  
  * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Félix-Emmanuel Callet and Jean-Baptiste Lesueur.
  
  ## Births
  
  * January 20 – Edward Milner, English landscape architect (died 1884)
  * February 8 – John Ruskin, English polymath and critic (died 1900)
  * May 15 – Alphonse Balat, Belgian architect (died 1895)
  * May 20 – Sir Horace Jones, Architect and Surveyor to the City of London (died 1887)
  * Approximate date – Francis Fowler, English architect (died 1893)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * January 22 – Gian Antonio Selva, Italian neoclassical architect (born 1751)
  * March 13 – Charles Wyatt, English politician and architect (born 1758)
  * August 1 – Pierre-Adrien Pâris, French architect, painter and designer (born 1745)
  