1862 in architecture

The year 1862 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.

Buildings opened

 * May 8 – Church of St Philip and St James, Oxford, designed by George Edmund Street.
 * May 12 – Ulster Hall, Belfast, designed by William J. Barre.
 * May 17 – Teatro Comunale Florence, Italy.
 * November 19 – Brekke Church, Norway, designed by Christian Henrik Grosch.

Buildings completed

 * Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, Queens, New York, USA.
 * Iron Clad Building, Cooperstown, New York, USA, designed by James Bogardus.
 * Laxmangarh Fort, Rajasthan, India.
 * Peace College Main Building, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
 * Propylaea (Munich), designed by Leo von Klenze.
 * Rila Monastery, Bulgaria, by Alexi Rilets (reconstruction).
 * Government House, Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, designed by Charles Tiffin.
 * Treasury Building, Melbourne, Australia, designed by J. J. Clark in 1857 (when he was 19).
 * Great Malvern railway station, England, designed by E. W. Elmslie.
 * Bow Bridge (Central Park), New York, designed by Calvert Vaux.

Awards

 * RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Robert Willis.
 * Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: Wilbrod Chabrol.

Births

 * February 7 – Bernard Maybeck, American Arts and Crafts architect (died 1957)
 * February 19 – Lev Kekushev, Russian Art Nouveau architect (died 1916–1919?)
 * May 28 – Theodor Fischer, German architect (died 1938)
 * June 9 – Herbert Baker, English architect working in South Africa (died 1946)
 * October 21 – Folke Zettervall, Swedish architect (died 1955)
 * October 31 – Gerald Horsley, British architect (died 1917)
 * December 7 – Hans-Georg Tersling, Danish architect working in France (died 1920)

Deaths

 * June 27 – John Henderson, Scottish ecclesiastical architect (born 1804)
 * December – Thomas Oliver, English classical architect (born 1791)
 * Thomas Ellis Owen, English architect working chiefly around Southsea (born 1805)