1860 in architecture

The year 1860 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Events

 * August 22 – The Cenotaph to Matthew Henry, designed by Thomas Harrison, is unveiled in Chester, England.

Buildings opened

 * Spring – Willden Fort, Utah, built by Charles William Willden and his son Ellott (no longer standing).
 * June – Oxford University Museum of Natural History, designed by Benjamin Woodward.
 * August 28 – St. Augustin, Coburg (Bavaria), consecrated by the Archbishop of Bamberg Michael Deinlein.
 * November 22 – Solund Church, Norway, designed by Christian Henrik Grosch, consecrated by Bishop Jens Matthias Pram Kaurin.
 * November 28 – Swedish Theatre, Helsinki, Finland, designed by Georg Theodor von Chiewitz.

Buildings completed

 * Mosque of Omar, Bethlehem, Palestinian territories.
 * Varshavsky railway station building in Saint Petersburg, Russia, designed by Piotr Salmanovich.
 * Armour–Stiner House in Irvington, New York.

Awards

 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Sydney Smirke

Births

 * March 11 – Thomas Hastings, American architect (died 1929)
 * May 2 – Lucien Weissenburger, French Art Nouveau architect (died 1929)
 * August 20 – Kirtland Cutter, American architect (died 1939)
 * date unknown – James Miller, Scottish commercial architect based in Glasgow (died 1947)
 * date unknown – Bertie Crewe, English architect (died 1937)

Deaths

 * February 1 – Giacomo Moraglia, Milanese neoclassical architect (born 1791)
 * February 19 – Edward Lapidge, English architect (born 1779)
 * March 6 – Joseph Welland, Irish architect (born 1798)
 * April 19 – Karol Podczaszyński, Polish neoclassical architect (born 1790)
 * May 12 – Charles Barry, English architect best known for his role in the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster (born 1795)
 * October 10 – Thomas Larkins Walker, British-born architect (born 1811)