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<h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1824</p> <ul><li>The <a href="/facts/Second_Bank_of_the_United_States/1fydcLgr">Second Bank of the United States</a> in <a href="/facts/Philadelphia/2bFFCCTU">Philadelphia</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/William_Strickland_(architect)/cM1g94U7">William Strickland</a>, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/All_Saints%2c_Camden_Town/PAApv9cY">Camden Chapel, Camden Town</a>, London, designed by <a href="/facts/William_Inwood/0lLgTrFF">William</a> and <a href="/facts/Henry_Inwood/NpzxA8vf">Henry Inwood</a>, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Commissioners%2527_church/abzNb2jo">Commissioners' churches</a> in London completed: <ul><li><a href="/facts/St_Anne%2527s_Church%2c_Wandsworth/BdjeK9xf">St Anne's Church, Wandsworth</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Robert_Smirke_(architect)/QMWeGjNz">Robert Smirke</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/St_Luke%2527s_Church%2c_Chelsea/WwUrnstJ">St Luke's Church, Chelsea</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/James_Savage_(architect)/nQHEyrsa">James Savage</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/St_Mark%2527s_Church%2c_Kennington/heswyupR">St Mark's Church, Kennington</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/St_Mary%2527s%2c_Bryanston_Square/dMKelNvc">St Mary's, Bryanston Square</a>, designed by Robert Smirke.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/St_Matthew%2527s_Church%2c_Brixton/aLPQHVeo">St Matthew's Church, Brixton</a>, London, designed by Charles F. Porden, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/St_Andrew%2527s_Church%2c_Liverpool/MjCwo4qT">St Andrew's Church, Liverpool</a>, England, designed by Daniel Stewart and <a href="/facts/John_Foster_(architect%2c_born_1786)/6F8hWWH4">John Foster</a>, is opened.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/St_James%2527_Church%2c_Sydney/HdWmerSk">St James' Church, Sydney</a>, Australia, designed by <a href="/facts/Francis_Greenway/b0Fs135H">Francis Greenway</a>, is consecrated.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Edinburgh_Academy/L7yPoISG">Edinburgh Academy</a> in Scotland, designed by <a href="/facts/William_Burn/1Ixjzdpl">William Burn</a>, is opened.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Pilgrim_Hall_Museum/pr3e7sXC">Pilgrim Hall Museum</a> in <a href="/facts/Plymouth%2c_Massachusetts/dwcQ1TYm">Plymouth, Massachusetts</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Alexander_Parris/uzIjF60S">Alexander Parris</a>, is opened.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Chatham_Garden_Theatre/IHKNKpwQ">Chatham Garden Theatre</a> in New York City, designed by George Conklin, is opened.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/Kurhaus_of_Baden-Baden/ggJ9nVLj">Kurhaus of Baden-Baden</a> in Germany is designed by <a href="/facts/Friedrich_Weinbrenner/NymQISbq">Friedrich Weinbrenner</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Park_Square%2c_London/lx56zHqN">Park Square, London</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/John_Nash_(architect)/mTRa1dG6">John Nash</a>, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Abbotsford_House/s0kcQCrn">Abbotsford House</a> in Scotland is completed for Sir <a href="/facts/Walter_Scott/cgDlc0aR">Walter Scott</a>.</li> <li>Final remodelling of the houses that will become <a href="/facts/Sir_John_Soane%2527s_Museum/UfNukSHU">Sir John Soane's Museum</a> in London by Soane is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Windsor_Bridge/1y1BBEv7">Windsor Bridge</a> across the River Thames in England, designed by Charles Hollis, is opened.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Aldford_Iron_Bridge/90mH67yN">Aldford Iron Bridge</a> across the River Dee in Cheshire, England, designed by <a href="/facts/Thomas_Telford/AEtkYsSe">Thomas Telford</a>, is completed.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pochtamtsky_Bridge/lPxbRFKb">Pochtamtsky Bridge</a> in <a href="/facts/Saint_Petersburg/pNuCBxaM">Saint Petersburg</a> (pedestrian suspension), designed by Wilhelm von Traitteur and Christianovich, is completed.</li></ul> <h2 id="awards">Awards</h2> <ul><li>August 12 – King <a href="/facts/George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom/X2gworIu">George IV of the United Kingdom</a> lays the foundation stone for remodelling of <a href="/facts/Windsor_Castle/RDlcCPkd">Windsor Castle</a> in <a href="/facts/England/U9mE5bGL">England</a>, <a href="/facts/Knight/q6oIppem">knights</a> his architect Jeffry Wyatt and permits him to change his name to <a href="/facts/Jeffry_Wyatville/ttgHKUNq">Jeffry Wyatville</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_Rome/edb3ht9K">Grand Prix de Rome</a>, architecture: <a href="/facts/Henri_Labrouste/vXFyhvWS">Henri Labrouste</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li>April 4 – <a href="/facts/Edmund_Wright_(architect)/DLwAIB3E">Edmund Wright</a>, English-born Australian architect (died <a href="/facts/1888_in_architecture/JvEdv1JK">1888</a>)</li> <li>June 20 – <a href="/facts/George_Edmund_Street/hwxvwY3P">George Edmund Street</a>, English architect (died <a href="/facts/1881_in_architecture/I2wLJN1X">1881</a>)</li> <li>Approximate date – <a href="/facts/Charles_Henry_Howell/UN0J72XJ">Charles Henry Howell</a>, English architect specialising in lunatic asylums (died <a href="/facts/1905_in_architecture/C2hKqYku">1905</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li>October 26 – Joseph Bénard [fr], French architect (born <a href="/facts/1764_in_architecture/eDHC0Avo">1764</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006). Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West. The Buildings of England. New Haven; London: Yale University Press. p. 361. ISBN 0-300-10910-5. <a href="0-300-10910-5" target="_blank">0-300-10910-5</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>