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<h2 id="events">Events</h2> <ul><li>July 8 – <a href="/facts/Great_Fire_of_1892/EVg3aNrB">Great Fire of 1892</a> destroys many buildings in <a href="/facts/St._John%27s,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador/D7HoujDF">St. John's, Newfoundland</a>.</li> <li>October 21 – The <a href="/facts/World_Columbian_Exposition/L2EMHI1z">World Columbian Exposition</a> is dedicated in <a href="/facts/Chicago/yPMokrXH">Chicago</a> (open to the public in 1893). Many of the world's best and brightest architects design what will be known as the "White City"; the planner for the exposition is <a href="/facts/Daniel_Burnham/U7PTyJxY">Daniel Burnham</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Fran%C3%A7ois_Hennebique/oMmp0CjG">François Hennebique</a> patents his system of <a href="/facts/Reinforced_concrete/aUTUKAQF">reinforced concrete</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1892</p> <h3>Buildings</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hein%C3%A4vesi_Church/NrNUlRhg">Heinävesi Church</a>, the largest wooden church in <a href="/facts/Finland/G5Ak6T91">Finland</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Josef_Stenb%C3%A4ck/1eSFJ0J4">Josef Stenbäck</a> and built in 1890–1891, is dedicated.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cathedral_of_St_Michael_and_St_George,_Aldershot/A7VjrMpJ">Cathedral of St Michael and St George, Aldershot</a>, England, designed by military engineers.</li> <li>Boardman Hall at <a href="/facts/Cornell_University/FGyXuXeI">Cornell University</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/William_Henry_Miller_(architect)/EacEJbmj">William Henry Miller</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li>West front of <a href="/facts/Dormition_Cathedral_(London)/jPraTCGn">All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, south London</a> (modern-day Russian Orthodox Cathedral), designed by <a href="/facts/Charles_Harrison_Townsend/tb2blx26">Charles Harrison Townsend</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Masonic_Temple_(Chicago)/0wYMr0up">Masonic Temple (Chicago)</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Burnham_and_Root/bcTVp9Av">Burnham and Root</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/National_Theatre_of_Strasbourg/6EkqP7yW">Regional parliament of Alsace-Lorraine, Strasbourg</a>, designed by August Hartel and <a href="/facts/Skjold_Neckelmann/KmbeN2AP">Skjold Neckelmann</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Buenos_Aires_City_Hall/4TXpJkB0">Buenos Aires City Hall</a>, designed by Juan Cagnoni.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Palace_of_Justice_Building/DFkCSpt8">Palace of Justice Building</a>, <a href="/facts/Rosario/snrNk7fq">Rosario</a>, Argentina, designed by Herbert Boyd Walker.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Former_town_hall_of_Nieuwer-Amstel/8DrBqjXo">Town hall of Nieuwer-Amstel</a>, Netherlands.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Courthouse_and_Jail,_Esbjerg/rmFz5jom">Courthouse and Jail, Esbjerg</a>, Denmark, designed by <a href="/facts/Hans_Christian_Amberg_(architect)/5ogrnmcT">Hans Christian Amberg</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Government_House,_Bermuda/Qy8pPYKF">Government House, Bermuda</a>, designed by William Cardy Hallet.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Soldiers%27_and_Sailors%27_Arch/KIcas8kg">Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch</a>, <a href="/facts/Brooklyn/UnUzxCFe">Brooklyn</a>, New York, designed by <a href="/facts/John_H._Duncan/WzQjt8b8">John H. Duncan</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Toronto_Board_of_Trade_Building/S38wYRhs">Toronto Board of Trade Building</a>, designed by James & James.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Natural_History_Building/Lw99PD4w">Natural History Building</a>, <a href="/facts/University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana%E2%80%93Champaign/gusw7HoS">University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Nathan_Clifford_Ricker/n7oCxqH2">Nathan Clifford Ricker</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Monopol_Hotel/yA07Ued1">Monopol Hotel</a>, <a href="/facts/Wroc%C5%82aw/o3scwNqQ">Breslau</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hotel_Petersberg/5df5v4nf">Hotel Petersberg</a>, Germany.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Komische_Oper_Berlin/wCUu14JN">Theater Unter den Linden, Berlin</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Fellner_%26_Helmer/v6wxgbVx">Fellner & Helmer</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Slovenian_National_Opera_and_Ballet_Theatre/HKRGACQT">Provincial Theatre</a> (<i>Deželno gledališče</i>), <a href="/facts/Ljubljana/zwTrXoTb">Ljubljana</a>, Slovenia (Austria-Hungary), designed by <a href="/facts/Jan_Vladim%C3%ADr_Hr%C3%A1sk%C3%BD/hjYxck7s">Jan Vladimír Hráský</a> and Anton Hruby.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grillo-Theater/l17qJwCr">Grillo-Theater</a>, <a href="/facts/Essen/5tjU3Iux">Essen</a>, Germany.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Teatro_de_Crist%C3%B3bal_Col%C3%B3n/czNYfcab">Teatro de Cristóbal Colón</a>, <a href="/facts/Bogot%C3%A1/d0u4M1AR">Bogotá</a>, Colombia, designed by Pietro Cantini.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cirkus_(Stockholm)/AvgAPPnp">Cirkus (Stockholm)</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Madrid_Atocha_railway_station/0UWLH9MG">Madrid Atocha railway station</a>, Spain, designed by <a href="/facts/Alberto_Palacio/Kr6DH4sX">Alberto Palacio</a> with <a href="/facts/Gustave_Eiffel/6lo8SFob">Gustave Eiffel</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ramses_Station/pnlnXrDN">Ramses Station</a>, <a href="/facts/Cairo/dXjj60ar">Cairo</a>, Egypt.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mills_Building_(San_Francisco)/bq3GBck2">Mills Building (San Francisco)</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/D._H._Burnham_%26_Company/Wc3TwgaG">D. H. Burnham & Company</a>.</li> <li>General Post Office, <a href="/facts/Leeds/YVPtUCt1">Leeds</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Henry_Tanner_(architect)/dC6z5u7s">Henry Tanner</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Youth%27s_Companion_Building/5ShawN1m">Youth's Companion Building</a>, <a href="/facts/Boston/exjfn6xf">Boston</a>, Massachusetts, designed by Henry W. Hartwell and William Cummings Richardson.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Page_Belting_Company_Mills/3hgzKSDL">Page Belting Company Mills</a>, <a href="/facts/Concord,_New_Hampshire/A1JRDpnN">Concord, New Hampshire</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Templeton_On_The_Green/LpsyLt06">Templeton's Carpet Factory</a>, <a href="/facts/Glasgow/hHUX44Ra">Glasgow</a>, Scotland, designed by <a href="/facts/William_Leiper/fqU4Atr1">William Leiper</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects/grdupR5D">RIBA</a> <a href="/facts/Royal_Gold_Medal/xhPS9zJU">Royal Gold Medal</a> – César Daly.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_Rome/edb3ht9K">Grand Prix de Rome</a>, architecture: <a href="/facts/Guillaume_Tronchet/Yzfwe20p">Guillaume Tronchet</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li>March 4 – <a href="/facts/Rose_Connor/8LlhBGI3">Rose Connor</a>, American architect (died <a href="/facts/1970_in_architecture/lcR4oxeU">1970</a>)</li> <li>April 8 – <a href="/facts/Richard_Neutra/HzNNzhpk">Richard Neutra</a>, Austrian American modernist architect (died 1970)</li> <li>June 19 – <a href="/facts/Ejnar_Mindedal_Rasmussen/2K5TXmFb">Ejnar Mindedal Rasmussen</a>, Danish Neoclassical architect (died <a href="/facts/1975_in_architecture/XPbYnTar">1975</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li>January 27 – <a href="/facts/Philip_Charles_Hardwick/Agw1CxXl">Philip Charles Hardwick</a>, English architect (born <a href="/facts/1822_in_architecture/V9oKHKCX">1822</a>)</li> <li>December 23 – <a href="/facts/John_Gibson_(architect)/eLeaTbVE">John Gibson</a>, English architect (born <a href="/facts/1817_in_architecture/o7MlQv7z">1817</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Olin's Predecessor: Boardman Hall". Cornell University Library. Cornell University. Retrieved 30 October 2018. <a href="https://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/olinat50/boardman" target="_blank">https://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/olinat50/boardman</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>