Overview of the events of 1891 in architecture
The year 1891 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.
Buildings
- October 7 — Uris Library at Cornell University, designed by William Henry Miller, opens[1]
- Ludington Building – Chicago, designed by William Le Baron Jenney, earliest surviving steel-framed building in the city, and the earliest entirely terracotta-clad skyscraper (8 storeys).[2]
- Manhattan Building – Chicago, designed by William Le Baron Jenney, completed; world's earliest surviving steel-framed building to use a purely skeletal supporting structure.[3]
- Second Leiter Building – Chicago, designed by William Le Baron Jenney.
- Monadnock Building – Chicago, tallest masonry load-bearing wall building when built.
- Sacred Heart Cathedral – Davenport, Iowa, designed by James J. Egan.
- St. Ambrose Cathedral – Des Moines, Iowa, designed by James J. Egan.
- San Sebastian Church (Manila).
- Wainwright Building – St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan.
- University of Pennsylvania Library – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, designed by Frank Furness.
- Several buildings constructed for the General Land Centennial Exhibition world fair – Prague, including the Art Nouveau Průmyslový Palace.
- Victoria Hall (Geneva), Switzerland, a concert hall designed by Marc Camoletti.
- Stadttheater Zürich, designed by Fellner & Helmer, opened.
- House of the Estates in Helsinki, Finland, built.
- General Post Office, Birmingham, England, designed by Henry Tanner.
- Palace Theatre, Manchester, England, designed by Alfred Darbyshire.
- Château de l'Île (Schloss Inselburg), Ostwald, Bas-Rhin, France (then Germany).
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