1842 in architecture

The year 1842 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings

 * March 28 – The Teatr Skarbkowski in Lviv (Ukraine), designed by Jan Salzmann and Ludwig Pichl, opens.
 * October 18 – The Walhalla memorial in Bavaria, designed by Leo von Klenze, is inaugurated.
 * Treasury Building (Washington, D.C.), designed by Robert Mills, central and east wings completed,
 * Construction of Berry Hill, near Halifax, Virginia starts.
 * Iglesia de la Matriz, Valparaíso, Chile, completed.
 * Kawaiahaʻo Church, Honolulu, Hawaii, designed by Rev. Hiram Bingham, completed.
 * St Mary's Church, Wreay, Cumberland, England, designed by Sara Losh, consecrated.
 * Ak Mosque, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, completed.
 * Circular church of the Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge, England, restored by Anthony Salvin.
 * Cologne Cathedral construction work is recommenced after 400 years by the Central-Dombauverein zu Köln (Central Cathedral Building Society).

Publications

 * Andrew Jackson Downing – Cottage Residences

Awards

 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Philippe-Auguste Titeux.

Births

 * June 12 – Harry Hems, English architectural and ecclesiastical sculptor (died 1916)
 * September 17 – Basil Champneys, English architect (died 1935)
 * December 12 – Alfred Parland, Russian architect (died 1919)
 * December 15 – George Keller, American architect (died 1935)

Deaths

 * October 18 – John Harper, English architect (born 1809)