1767 in architecture

The year 1767 in architecture involved some significant events.

Arg of Karim Khan, Shiraz

Burton Pynsent Monument

Events

• January 9 – William Tryon, governor of the Royal Colony of North Carolina, signs a contract with architect John Hawks to build Tryon Palace, a lavish Georgian style governor's mansion on the New Bern waterfront.

Buildings

• In Bath, Somerset, England, the Octagon Chapel, designed by Timothy Lightholder or Lightoler, is completed and Royal Crescent, designed by John Wood, the Younger, is begun.
• St Helen's House, Derby, England, designed by Joseph Pickford, is completed.
• Walton Hall, West Yorkshire, England, is built.
• Auchincruive house in Scotland, based on designs by Robert Adam, is completed.
• Cliveden (Benjamin Chew House) in Germantown, Philadelphia, designed by William Peters, is completed.
• Elmwood (Cambridge, Massachusetts) is built about this date.
• In New Haven, Connecticut, the John Pierpont house (the modern-day Yale University Visitor Center) is built.
• Church of St Catherine in the Yakimanka District of central Moscow, designed by Karl Blank, is completed.
• Holy Mother of God Cathedral, Vagharshapat, Armenia, is built.
• Mühlstraße Evangelical church in Jeckenbach in the Rhineland, perhaps designed by Philipp Heinrich Hellermann, is built.
• The circular Kilarrow Parish Church in Bowmore on Islay in Scotland is built.
• In Kórnik, Poland, a wooden synagogue is built.
• Old Brick Church (New York City), designed by John McComb, Sr, is built.
• The first church in Salem, New York, is built.
• The Birchwood Inn in Lenox, Massachusetts (The Berkshires), is built.^[1]
• Coldstream Bridge across the River Tweed on the England/Scotland border, designed by John Smeaton, is opened.
• Arg of Karim Khan citadel in Shiraz, Persia, is completed.
• Refsnes Gods pleasure pavilion on the Norwegian island of Jeløy is built.
• Burton Pynsent Monument in Somerset, England, designed by Capability Brown, is erected.
• Temple of Harmony garden folly at Halswell House, Somerset, England, designed by Thomas Prowse, is built.

Births

• April 6 – Alexandre-Vincent Pineux Duval, French dramatist, sailor, architect, actor and theatre manager (died 1842)
• Richard Morrison, Irish architect (died 1849?)
• William Saunders, American builder (died 1861)

Deaths

• December 9 – Benedetto Alfieri, Italian architect (born 1699)
• Georges Vallon, French architect (born 1688)

References