1793 in architecture

The year 1793 in architecture involved some significant events.

Events

* August 8 - In Paris, France, the "Académie d'architecture" is suspended by the revolutionary National Convention, which decreed the abolition of the national academies.

* In England, Thomas Baldwin (architect), who was appointed as the Bath City Architect in 1775, is dismissed due to rivalry from John Palmer of Bath.

Buildings

* George Washington's sixteen-sided barn (16 sides) is built, the earliest recorded barn of that type.
* The West Boston Bridge is built to connect Boston's West End to Cambridgeport: it spans 180 piers, and is 3483 feet (1100 m) long.
* In Nassau, Fort Pincastle is built, of native limestone, in the shape of an old paddle-wheel steamer: Fort Pincastle served as a lighthouse for a quarter century until the lighthouse on Hog Island started operating in 1817.

Births

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Deaths

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