1795 in architecture

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The year 1795 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

Buildings

• Franklin Place in Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Charles Bulfinch, is completed.
• Old North Building at Georgetown College in Washington, D.C., probably designed by Leonard Harbaugh, is completed.
• Remodelling of Łazienki Palace in Warsaw by Domenico Merlini, begun in 1764, is completed.
• Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England, designed by Thomas Telford, is completed.
• The Welsh Bridge in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, designed and built by John Tilley and John Carline, is completed.
• Gallowgate Barracks in Glasgow, Scotland, are built.
• The Cabildo in New Orleans (first phase) is started (completed in 1799).

Births

• April 3 – Richard Lane, English architect (died 1880)^[1]
• May 23 – Charles Barry, English architect (died 1860)
• October 19 – Thomas Leverton Donaldson, English architect (died 1885)
• Approximate date – John Forbes, English architect working in Cheltenham

Deaths

• June 23 – James Craig, Scottish architect (born 1744)

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