1797 in architecture

<h2 id="buildings-and-structures">Buildings and structures</h2>
<p class="note">See also: Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1797</p>
<h3>Buildings</h3>

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Ditherington_Flax_Mill/q1zQNEgq">Ditherington Flax Mill</a>, in <a href="/facts/Shrewsbury/Xo9eohD7">Shrewsbury</a>, England, is completed; by the end of the 20th century it will be the oldest iron-framed building in the world and is seen as the world's first skyscraper.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/First_Bank_of_the_United_States/JhhkXl2n">First Bank of the United States</a> in <a href="/facts/Philadelphia/2bFFCCTU">Philadelphia</a>, Pennsylvania, designed by Samuel Blodgett, is completed (begun in <a href="/facts/1795_in_architecture/rr0DMpX9">1795</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Old_City_Hall_(Lancaster%2c_Pennsylvania)/oTVaRqIm">Old City Hall (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)</a> is completed.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Hassan_Basha_Mosque/6Tbnsjau">Hassan Basha Mosque</a> in <a href="/facts/Oran/TQaLn6EQ">Oran</a> is built.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/St_Mary%2527s_Church%2c_Banbury/1cgp6oVw">St Mary's Church, Banbury</a> in England, designed by <a href="/facts/S._P._Cockerell/vRDp2qvP">S. P. Cockerell</a>, is completed.</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Palace_of_Shaki_Khans/kbhHFFDa">Palace of Shaki Khans</a> in <a href="/facts/Shaki%2c_Azerbaijan/PUaBF5Ix">Shaki, Azerbaijan</a> is built.</li></ul>
<h2 id="births">Births</h2>
<ul><li>May 3 – <a href="/facts/George_Webster_(architect)/EEym8WwM">George Webster</a>, English architect (died <a href="/facts/1864_in_architecture/6B3ew0uI">1864</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li>
<li>October 8 – <a href="/facts/Ludwig_F%25C3%25B6rster/B7JbVkdk">Ludwig Förster</a>, German-born Austrian religious architect (died <a href="/facts/1863_in_architecture/QWGbUuXy">1863</a>)</li></ul>
<h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2>
<ul><li>February 19 – <a href="/facts/Francesco_Sabatini/zA0TrRAd">Francesco Sabatini</a>, Italian-born architect (born <a href="/facts/1721_in_architecture/adCSDxq7">1721</a>)</li>
<li>October 4 – <a href="/facts/Anthony_Keck/hCAtv0KG">Anthony Keck</a>, English architect (born <a href="/facts/1726_in_architecture/DFU479sC">1726</a>)</li></ul>

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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>England, Historic. "Revolution, Innovation, Evolution | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 27 August 2018. <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/get-involved/visit/shrewsbury-flax-mill/history/" target="_blank">https://historicengland.org.uk/get-involved/visit/shrewsbury-flax-mill/history/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Survey, Historic American Buildings. "First Bank of the United States, 120 South Third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 27 August 2018. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa0850/" target="_blank">https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa0850/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"George Webster - a Kendalian architect". Visit Cumbria. Retrieved 16 June 2022. <a href="https://www.visitcumbria.com/george-webster/" target="_blank">https://www.visitcumbria.com/george-webster/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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