1775 in architecture
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The year 1775 in architecture involved some significant events.
Buildings
- Fort BelanFort BelanFort Belan is a coastal fortress in North Wales. It is located opposite Abermenai Point, at the south-western end of the Menai Strait, on the coast of Gwynedd, in the parish of Llanwnda...
completed, opposite the Abermenai PointAbermenai PointAbermenai Point is the southernmost part of the island of Anglesey in Wales.It is the northern point of the western entrance of the Menai Strait.- External links :...
in AngleseyAngleseyAnglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...
, WalesWalesWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
Deaths
- Peter HarrisonPeter HarrisonPeter Harrison was a colonial American architect who was born in York, England and emigrated to Rhode Island in 1740. Peter Harrison and his brother, Joseph Harrison, came to the American colonies and established themselves as merchants and captains of their own "vessels." Peter Harrison returned...
- EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
-born architect, active in the Rhode IslandRhode IslandThe state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
colony (b. 17161716 in architectureThe year 1716 in architecture involved some significant events.-Buildings:* America's first lighthouse, Boston Light, is built; it will be destroyed in the American Revolution and rebuilt in 1783....
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