1890 in architecture

The year 1890 in architecture involved some significant events.

Buildings and structures

February 3 – Ypsilanti Water Tower, Ypsilanti, Michigan, designed by William R. Coats, is completed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
March 4 – The Forth Bridge across the Firth of Forth from South Queensferry to North Queensferry in Scotland, designed by Sir John Fowler and Sir Benjamin Baker, is opened.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 13 - Parish church of Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, London, designed by J. D. Sedding, is consecrated.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
May 30 – The James A. Garfield Memorial at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, designed by George W. Keller, is dedicated.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
September 29 – St James's Roman Catholic Church, Spanish Place, Westminster, designed by Edward Goldie, is opened.<ref>Template:NHLE</ref>
The Arcade in Cleveland, Ohio, designed by John Eisenmann.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The Demarest Building, a commercial building on Fifth Avenue in New York City, designed by Renwick, Aspinwall & Russell, is completed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Edwin Lutyens' first commission, Crooksbury, a country house near Farnham, England, is completed.<ref>Template:NHLE</ref>
The Second Madison Square Garden, designed by Stanford White, is completed on the site of the first Madison Square Garden.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

February 9 – J. J. P. Oud, Dutch architect (died 1963)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
April 17 – Carl Krayl, German architect (died 1947)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
March 20 – Owen Williams, English structural engineer (died 1969)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
May 4 – Ingrid Wallberg, Swedish architect (died 1965)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
July 31 – Louis de Soissons, Canadian-born English architect (died 1962)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
November 23 – El Lissitzky, Russian architect and designer (died 1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Philip Hepworth, English architect (died 1963)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

October 20 – Alfred B. Mullett, American architect (born 1834)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>