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<h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2> <p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1876</p> <h3>Buildings opened</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/February_2/SWNobvWW">February 2</a> – <a href="/facts/Church_of_St_Mary_the_Virgin%2c_Bury/LwwWArao">Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bury</a>, England, designed by <a href="/facts/J._S._Crowther/RmYydSgl">J. S. Crowther</a>.</li> <li>August – The <a href="/facts/Bayreuth_Festspielhaus/qSBPbDDe">Bayreuth Festspielhaus</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Gottfried_Semper/4uXavC1s">Gottfried Semper</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hotel_Sacher/LYzxr42v">Hotel Sacher</a> in <a href="/facts/Vienna/NSpIURsA">Vienna</a>, Austria.</li></ul> <h3>Buildings completed</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cheney_Building/yASewd3f">R. and F. Cheney Building</a>, <a href="/facts/Hartford%2c_Connecticut/F3D8LKMK">Hartford, Connecticut</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Henry_Hobson_Richardson/lc8zAy82">Henry Hobson Richardson</a>, considered to be "one of Richardson's greatest buildings"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Great_Zlatoust_Church/3IQMpAnM">Great Zlatoust Church</a>, <a href="/facts/Yekaterinburg/PgF4pldC">Yekaterinburg</a>, Russia, designed by Vasily Morgan.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Government_House%2c_Melbourne/Sonb5lk7">Government House, Melbourne</a>, <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/William_Wardell/Jsfjg7dG">William Wardell</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Kaahumanu_Church/wfWIMLQW">Kaahumanu Church</a>, Hawai'i, built by Rev <a href="/facts/Edward_Bailey/qnxhIJUA">Edward Bailey</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Pennsylvania_Academy_of_the_Fine_Arts/TkhFamUe">Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts</a>, <a href="/facts/Philadelphia/2bFFCCTU">Philadelphia</a>, designed by <a href="/facts/Frank_Furness/JDn9p2nM">Frank Furness</a> and <a href="/facts/G._W._%2526_W._D._Hewitt/SfcA3kpS">George Hewitt</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Swan_House_(Chelsea_Embankment)/xRr3T8YI">Swan House (Chelsea Embankment)</a>, London, designed by <a href="/facts/Richard_Norman_Shaw/g7NMD4Do">Richard Norman Shaw</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/N%25C3%25A1dasdy_Mansion/lSLFq6hj">Nádasdy Mansion</a>, <a href="/facts/N%25C3%25A1dasdlad%25C3%25A1ny/QFQJTnT9">Nádasdladány</a>, Hungary, designed by István Linzbauer and <a href="/facts/Alajos_Hauszmann/TbkfaKlL">Alajos Hauszmann</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/St._Pancras_Renaissance_London_Hotel/ul5Q1RSj">Midland Grand Hotel</a> at <a href="/facts/St_Pancras_railway_station/5xWC8pgE">St Pancras railway station</a> in London, designed by <a href="/facts/George_Gilbert_Scott/VL24ylTD">George Gilbert Scott</a>, is fully completed.</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> – <a href="/facts/Joseph-Louis_Duc/D6zkfLFX">Joseph-Louis Duc</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Grand_Prix_de_Rome/edb3ht9K">Grand Prix de Rome</a>, architecture: Paul Blondel.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/March_27/2MucWS7r">March 27</a> – <a href="/facts/Abraham_E._Lefcourt/QVnxcqsc">A. E. Lefcourt</a>, born Abraham Elias Lefkowitz, English-born New York real estate developer (died <a href="/facts/1932_in_architecture/enIURvjE">1932</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/May_18/fgnkLFEh">May 18</a> – <a href="/facts/Thorvald_Astrup/UVcwtWEG">Thorvald Astrup</a>, Norwegian industrial architect (died <a href="/facts/1940_in_architecture/IlYmGr4y">1940</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/June_26/KnqlWh62">June 26</a> – <a href="/facts/Vincent_Harris/KeuREMan">Vincent Harris</a>, English architect (died <a href="/facts/1971_in_architecture/c7N2La6l">1971</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/October_24/UqvFhsjm">October 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Paul_Philippe_Cret/PIY3tyrT">Paul Philippe Cret</a>, French-American architect and industrial designer (died <a href="/facts/1945_in_architecture/UhESJ3Xp">1945</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/November_24/MYa9bfaS">November 24</a> – <a href="/facts/Walter_Burley_Griffin/IFftrKT0">Walter Burley Griffin</a>, American architect and landscape architect (died <a href="/facts/1937_in_architecture/0HQhqnSu">1937</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/May_7/Nq3amdo7">May 7</a> – <a href="/facts/David_Bryce/9r1okzts">David Bryce</a>, <a href="/facts/Scottish_people/0rp2bd12">Scottish</a> architect (b. <a href="/facts/1803_in_architecture/dTlgIx4b">1803</a>),<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/August_21/o8jQvlp0">August 21</a> – <a href="/facts/Ildefons_Cerd%25C3%25A0/Pr1TymnL">Ildefons Cerdà</a>, <a href="/facts/Catalan_people/ywqHKQMk">Catalan</a> <a href="/facts/Spaniard/dbRtgpzl">Spanish</a> <a href="/facts/Urban_planning/dcuv8eTp">urban planner</a> (born <a href="/facts/1815_in_architecture/8YVVDLjN">1815</a>)</li> <li><i>date unknown</i> – <a href="/facts/Jean-Baptiste_Schacre/FgwWNldE">Jean-Baptiste Schacre</a>, <a href="/facts/French_people/984axQ8y">French</a> architect (b. <a href="/facts/1808_in_architecture/JCM6x1l0">1808</a>)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"The Bayreuth Festival Theatre". The history of the Bayreuth Festival. Bayreuther Festspiele GmbH. Archived from the original on 2010-10-21. Retrieved 2009-12-25. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101021011654/http://bayreuther-festspiele.de/documents/_the_bayreuth_festival_theatre_341.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20101021011654/http://bayreuther-festspiele.de/documents/_the_bayreuth_festival_theatre_341.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Cheney Building (1876)". Historic Buildings of Connecticut. 3 June 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2020. <a href="https://historicbuildingsct.com/the-cheney-building-1876/" target="_blank">https://historicbuildingsct.com/the-cheney-building-1876/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>(in Russian) <a href="http://orthodox-newspaper.ru/numbers/at45849" target="_blank">http://orthodox-newspaper.ru/numbers/at45849</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002: Biographical Index (PDF). Vol. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2006. Retrieved December 27, 2010. <a href="978-0-902198-84-5" target="_blank">978-0-902198-84-5</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>