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The year '1891 in architecture' involved some significant events.

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Buildings

Awards

Births

Deaths

Buildings

★ Monadnock Building - Chicago, tallest masonry load-bearing wall building when built.

★ Wainwright Building - St. Louis, Missouri, designed by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan.

Awards

★ Royal Gold Medal - Arthur Blomfield.

★ Grand Prix de Rome, architecture: (unknown).

Births

Deaths

★ January 11 - Baron Haussmann (born 1809)

★ January 15 - John Wellborn Root (born 1850)