1889 in architecture

Events

• August 10 – At the Vienna Hofburg, the grand opening ceremony is held for the Imperial Natural History Museum, begun in 1871; from August 13 to the end of December, the museum counts 175,000 visitors.

  Buildings and structures

Buildings

• March 31 – Eiffel Tower in Paris, designed by Gustave Eiffel, is inaugurated. At 300 m, its height exceeds the previous tallest structure in the world by 130 m.
• May 6–October 31 – Exposition Universelle in Paris, with the Eiffel Tower as its entrance arch. The Galerie des machines, designed by architect Ferdinand Dutert and engineer Victor Contamin, at 111 m, spans the longest interior space in the world at this time.
• June 30 — Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Providence, Rhode Island, designed by Patrick Keely, is consecrated.
• July 12 – Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, designed by Bryan J. Klinch, is completed.
• October 15 – Amsterdam Centraal railway station in the Netherlands, designed by Pierre Cuypers with roof engineered by L. J. Eijmer, is opened.
• December 9 – Auditorium Building in Chicago, designed by Louis Sullivan and Dankmar Adler, is opened.
• Custom House designed by Charles McLay in Brisbane, Australia is completed.
• Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, designed by Edbrooke and Burnham, is completed.
• First Presbyterian Church, designed by George D. Mason and Zachariah Rice, is built.
• St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro on Madagascar, designed by William White, is completed.
• Mole Antonelliana in Turin, Italy, designed by Alessandro Antonelli, is completed.
• Palau Güell in Barcelona, designed by Antoni Gaudí, is completed.
• Science Hall in University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District, Minneapolis, designed by Leroy Buffington and his assistant Harvey Ellis, is built.
• Germania Bank Building in Saint Paul, Minnesota, designed by J. Walter Stevens assisted by Harvey Ellis, is built.

  Awards

• RIBA Royal Gold Medal – Charles Thomas Newton.

  Births

• May 10 – Mihran Mesrobian, Armenian-born American
• May 21 – R. Harold Zook, American architect
• June 24 – Charles Cowles-Voysey, English architect
• August 26 – Jan Buijs, Dutch architect
• October 25 – Sven Markelius, Swedish architect
• December 23 – Joseph Emberton, English modernist architect

  Deaths

• May 31 – Charles Lanyon, English architect working in Northern Ireland