1861 in architecture

The year 1861 in architecture involved some significant architectural event and new buildings.

Buildings completed

 * Arlington Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, designed by Arthur Gilman.
 * St James the Less, Pimlico, London, designed by George Edmund Street.
 * All Saints Notting Hill, London, designed by William White in 1852.
 * St. Michael's Church, Berlin, designed by August Soller (who is buried here) in 1845 and completed by Richard Lucae (his nephew), Andreas Simons and Martin Gropius.
 * Tromsø Cathedral, Norway, designed by Christian Heinrich Grosch.
 * Palácio do Grão-Pará, Petrópolis, Brazil, designed by Theodore Marx with de Araújo Porto Alegre.
 * Mary Birdsall House in Richmond, Indiana.

Awards

 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Jean-Baptiste Lesueur.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Constant Moyaux.

Births

 * January 6 – Victor Horta, Belgian architect and designer (died 1947)
 * April 20 – Hermann Muthesius, German architect and writer on architecture (died 1927)
 * July 17 – Horace Field, English architect (died 1948)
 * September 2 – Arthur Beresford Pite, English architect (died 1934)

Deaths

 * May 15 – Benjamin Woodward, Irish architect (born 1816)
 * October 13 – Sir William Cubitt, English civil engineer (born 1785)