- 1808 in architecture
The year 1808 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
* In
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , the SparksShot Tower is built.
* InLincoln County, Maine ,Fort Edgecomb , an octagonal, wooden, two-story blockhouse is built to protect Wiscasset's seaport (settled in1663 on the tidal waters of theSheepscot River ).
* At theSanta Barbara Mission , thefountain in front of the Mission is built.Awards
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Grand Prix de Rome , architecture:Achille-François-René Leclère .Births
Deaths
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March 9 -Joseph Bonomi the Elder (born 1739)
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