# Richard Howland Hunt > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Howland_Hunt > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Howland_Hunt.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Howland_Hunt > Source revision: 1356037128 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American architect}} {{infobox person | name = Richard Howland Hunt | image = Richard Howland Hunt.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1862|3|14}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1931|7|12|1862|3|14}} | birth_place = Paris, France | death_place = New York City, US | resting_place = [Newport, Rhode Island](/source/Newport%2C_Rhode_Island){{cite web|publisher=familysearch.org|title=Richard Howland Hunt, New York City Deaths|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WK9-33W|access-date=2026-05-20|archive-date=2017-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218010219/https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WK9-33W|url-status=live}} | alma_mater = [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology)
[École des Beaux-Arts](/source/%C3%89cole_des_Beaux-Arts) }} [[File:William Jay Schieffelin House.JPG|thumb|230px|5 East 66th Street, now the [Lotos Club](/source/Lotos_Club)]] [[File:69th-regiment-armory.JPG|thumb|right|230px|The [69th Regiment Armory](/source/69th_Regiment_Armory) in Manhattan, completed in 1906]] [[File:New-york-city-police-museum.JPG|thumb|right|230px|The First Police Precinct Station, now the [New York City Police Museum](/source/New_York_City_Police_Museum)]] '''Richard Howland Hunt''' (March 14, 1862 – July 12, 1931) was an American architect and member of the [Hunt family of Vermont](/source/Hunt_family_of_Vermont) who worked with his brother Joseph Howland Hunt in New York City at '''Hunt & Hunt'''. The brothers were sons of [Richard Morris Hunt](/source/Richard_Morris_Hunt), the first American [Beaux-Arts architect](/source/Beaux-Arts_architecture). Richard practiced in his father's office until the elder Hunt died in 1895, then continued to carry out his father's designs for the central block of the [Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art),Hunt was unable to persuade the Museum's trustees to complete the sculptural groups. Bogart, Michele H. ''Public Sculpture and the Civic Ideal in New York City'' 1989:158-65 not without initial resistance by the museum's trustees.Baker, Paul R. ''Richard Morris Hunt'' [Cambridge, Massachusetts](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts): [MIT Press](/source/MIT_Press) 1980:442ff. In 1901, the brothers formed a partnership[http://nycnpc.org/db/bb_files/77FIRSTPOLICEPRECINCT.pdf Landmarks Preservation Commission: First Precinct Police station, 20 September 1977] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727134155/http://nycnpc.org/db/bb_files/77FIRSTPOLICEPRECINCT.pdf |date=27 July 2011 }} Accessed 2 December 2008. Basic biographical details. that lasted until Joseph's death in 1924. ==Early life== Hunt was born on March 14, 1862, in Paris, where his father, [Richard Morris Hunt](/source/Richard_Morris_Hunt) (1827–1895), was completing his architectural studies. His mother, Catherine Clinton Howland (1841–1880), was the youngest daughter of the prominent merchant [Samuel Shaw Howland](/source/Samuel_Shaw_Howland) of [Howland & Aspinwall](/source/Howland_%26_Aspinwall). His siblings were Catharine Howland Hunt (wife of Rear Adm. [Livingston Hunt](/source/Livingston_Hunt), son of [William H. Hunt](/source/William_H._Hunt)), fellow architect [Joseph Howland Hunt](/source/Joseph_Howland_Hunt),{{cite news |title=JOSEPH H. HUNT DIES, NOTED ARCHITECT.; President of Municipal Art Society a Victim of Pneumonia at 54 Years. ! |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1924/10/12/archives/joseph-h-hunt-dies-noted-architect-president-of-municipal-art.html |access-date=25 June 2021 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=October 12, 1924 |archive-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629204812/https://www.nytimes.com/1924/10/12/archives/joseph-h-hunt-dies-noted-architect-president-of-municipal-art.html |url-status=live }} Esther Morris Hunt (wife of George Muirson Woolsey),{{cite news |title=GEORGE WOOLSEY, S.P. C. A. HEAD, DIES; President of Society Since 1932 Held Many Offices in Organization |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/04/23/archives/george-woolsey-sp-c-a-head-dies-president-of-society-since-1932.html |access-date=25 June 2021 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=April 23, 1937 |archive-date=2 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702043130/https://www.nytimes.com/1937/04/23/archives/george-woolsey-sp-c-a-head-dies-president-of-society-since-1932.html |url-status=live }} and oilman Herbert Leavitt Hunt (who married Evelyn Frances Bell).{{cite news |title=HUNT LOSES SUIT FOR GIFTS.; Referee Holds That Wedding Presents Were Given to Him and Wife Jointly. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1908/12/02/archives/hunt-loses-suit-for-gifts-referee-holds-that-wedding-presents-were.html |access-date=25 June 2021 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=December 2, 1908 |archive-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625185532/https://www.nytimes.com/1908/12/02/archives/hunt-loses-suit-for-gifts-referee-holds-that-wedding-presents-were.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=MRS. H. L. HUNT. DEAD; Wife of Oil Man Was Trustee! of Mary Baldwin College |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/05/08/archives/mrs-h-l-hunt-dead-wife-of-oil-man-was-trustee-of-mary-baldwin.html |access-date=25 June 2021 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=May 8, 1955 |archive-date=29 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629183906/https://www.nytimes.com/1955/05/08/archives/mrs-h-l-hunt-dead-wife-of-oil-man-was-trustee-of-mary-baldwin.html |url-status=live }} Hunt studied architecture at the [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology) and the [École des Beaux-Arts](/source/%C3%89cole_des_Beaux-Arts), Paris, where his father had studied. His younger brother Joseph studied at [Harvard College](/source/Harvard_College) and the School of Architecture at [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University) before following his brother to the École des Beaux-Arts, returning to New York in 1901. ==Career== In 1887, Richard Hunt joined his father's offices, first as a draftsman and later an associate. After his father's death, he attracted wealthy clients and built residences such as the Margaret Shepard house at 5 East 66th Street in 1900 (today home to the [Lotos Club](/source/Lotos_Club)).{{cite AIA4}} Urban residences by Hunt & Hunt include the two Beaux-Arts houses designed for George W. Vanderbilt at 645 and [647 Fifth Avenue](/source/647_Fifth_Avenue), known as The "Marble Twins". Only No. 647, a designated New York City Landmark, survives today. The brothers were primarily known for their elegant residences in [Long Island](/source/Long_Island%2C_New_York), [Tuxedo Park](/source/Tuxedo_Park%2C_New_York), New York, and [Newport, Rhode Island](/source/Newport%2C_Rhode_Island). Their [armory building for the 69th Regiment, New York](/source/69th_Regiment_Armory), was the first armory to abandon pseudo-medieval crenellations.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}} ==Hunt & Hunt projects== *Alumnae House and [Williams House](/source/Williams_House_(Vassar_College)), [Vassar College](/source/Vassar_College). 1924. [Half-timbered](/source/Half-timbered) construction.[http://puka.cs.waikato.ac.nz/cgi-bin/cic/library?a=d&d=p1831 historic CVampus Architecture Project: Alumnae House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724191852/http://puka.cs.waikato.ac.nz/cgi-bin/cic/library?a=d&d=p1831 |date=2011-07-24 }}. thumb|The gravesite of Clyde Fitch *Memorial and sarcophagus for playwright [Clyde Fitch](/source/Clyde_Fitch) at [Woodlawn Cemetery](/source/Woodlawn_Cemetery_(Bronx)) in The Bronx, New York City, 1910s. *George Washington Vanderbilt Houses, 645 and [647 Fifth Avenue](/source/647_Fifth_Avenue), New York, called the "Marble Twins." 1902-05. Number 647 survives, a designated landmark, as the flagship store for [Versace](/source/Versace);Gray, Christopher. "Streetscapes: 647 Fifth Avenue; A Versace Restoration for a Vanderbilt Town House" ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'' (April 9, 1995) accessed 2 December 2008. the site of 645 is now [Olympic Tower](/source/Olympic_Tower). *Forest Hall, Milford, Pennsylvania. 1903. For James Pinchot, for whom Richard Morris hunt had built Grey Towers. (National Register of Historic Places) *[Garden City Golf Club](/source/Garden_City_Golf_Club) clubhouse, [Garden City, New York](/source/Garden_City%2C_New_York). 1899.{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Mildred H. |title=Garden City, Long Island, in Early Photographs, 1869-1919 |year=1998 |publisher=Dover |location=New York |isbn=0-486-40669-5 |page=38}} *Sanderson estate, [Oyster Bay, New York](/source/Oyster_Bay_(hamlet)%2C_New_York).[http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/alad:@field(OTHER+@od1(Hunt+&+Hunt,+architectural+firm)) Library of Congress]. 1885.[http://www.delawareriverhighlands.com/pike/heritage_tours/historic_district/ Milford Heritage Tour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709011023/http://www.delawareriverhighlands.com/pike/heritage_tours/historic_district/ |date=2011-07-09 }}. *[Idle Hour](/source/Idle_Hour) estate of [William K. Vanderbilt](/source/William_K._Vanderbilt), [Oakdale, N.Y.](/source/Oakdale%2C_N.Y.) *[St. Mary's-in-Tuxedo Episcopal Church](/source/St._Mary's-in-Tuxedo) Rectory, [Tuxedo Park, New York](/source/Tuxedo_Park%2C_New_York).{{Cite book|last=Crofut|first=Doris|title=St. Mary's-in-Tuxedo, 1888-1975|publisher=Library Research Associates Inc.|year=1975|location=Tuxedo Park, NY|pages=11|oclc=2006112}} 1895.{{Cite web|title=A Tour of Our Campus|url=https://www.stmtux.org/campus|access-date=July 12, 2021|website=|archive-date=June 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214340/https://www.stmtux.org/campus|url-status=live}} *[69th Regiment Armory](/source/69th_Regiment_Armory), between 25th and 26th Streets and Lexington and Park Avenues. 1903-06.[http://www.sixtyninth.net/armory.html The armory] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626161650/http://www.sixtyninth.net/armory.html |date=2012-06-26 }}. * Saddle Rock House, [Shippan Point, Connecticut](/source/Shippan_Point), 1914, for inventor [Thomas Robins](/source/Thomas_Robins_(inventor)).The Architectural Record November 1916, Three Connecticut Country Houses, Vol XL No 5 * [Terre Bonne](/source/Marion_Castle), [Shippan Point, Connecticut](/source/Shippan_Point), 1914, for pioneer filmmaker/movie producer Frank J. Marion.New York Times, October 2, 2005, Real Estate section, "A Neighborhood to Move Around In", by Lisa Prevost. *[Edward Harden Mansion](/source/Edward_Harden_Mansion), [Sleepy Hollow, New York](/source/Sleepy_Hollow%2C_New_York), 1909. *Sabine Farm [Greenwich, Connecticut](/source/Greenwich%2C_Connecticut), 1910, for publisher H. J. Fisher {{cite web |url=http://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/detail/180-l-1180-tr7w4d/sabine-farm-south-of-parkway-greenwich-ct-06831 |title=9 Sabine Farm Road Greenwich, Connecticut, United States – Luxury Home For Sale |website=www.sothebysrealty.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103152928/http://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/detail/180-l-1180-tr7w4d/sabine-farm-south-of-parkway-greenwich-ct-06831 |archive-date=2017-11-03}} *[First Precinct Police Station, New York](/source/New_York_City_Police_Museum). 1909-11. *Amos R. E. Pinchot House,Pinchot was the brother of the conservationist [Gifford Pinchot](/source/Gifford_Pinchot), superintendent of the forest surrounding [Biltmore](/source/Biltmore_Estate), built by Richard Morris Hunt for George Washington Vanderbilt, completed by Richard H. hunt in 1896. Park Avenue at [85th Street](/source/85th_Street). 1910.Trager, James. ''Park Avenue, Street of Dreams'' (Atheneum, 1990). *[Beacon Towers](/source/Beacon_Towers), [Sands Point, New York](/source/Sands_Point%2C_New_York), 1917–18, for [Alva Belmont](/source/Alva_Belmont). It was their last commission on the Gold Coast.{{cite book |title=Long Island Country Houses and Their Architects, 1860-1940 |last=MacKay |first=Robert B. |author2=Anthony K. Baker |author3=Carol A. Traynor |year=1997 |publisher=Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities in association with W.W. Norton & Co. |location=New York |isbn=978-0-393-03856-9 |pages=231–232 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jIXc9ES8qcAC&q=%22Beacon+Towers%22&pg=PT115 }} ==Collaborations with sculptors== As did many of the architects of the time, Hunt & Hunt designed bases and pedestals for sculptors. These include:[http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1NH0435702P32.142928&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100006~!209575~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!siartinventories&term=Hunt+%26+Hunt%2C+architectural+firm.&index=AUTHOR Search results: "Hunt & Hunt, architectural firm"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922133142/http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1NH0435702P32.142928&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100006~!209575~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!siartinventories&term=Hunt+&+Hunt,+architectural+firm.&index=AUTHOR |date=2012-09-22 }} on the Art Iventories Catalog of the [Smithsonian American Art Museum](/source/Smithsonian_American_Art_Museum) via the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System *[William McKinley](/source/William_McKinley) Monument by [Charles Mulligan](/source/Charles_Mulligan), [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois), 1905 *[Sighting the Enemy](/source/Sighting_the_Enemy) for [Edward Clark Potter](/source/Edward_Clark_Potter) in [Monroe, Michigan](/source/Monroe%2C_Michigan), 1910 *[Lafayette](/source/Marie-Joseph_Paul_Yves_Roch_Gilbert_du_Motier) Monument by [John Ferguson Weir](/source/John_Ferguson_Weir), [Milford, Pennsylvania](/source/Milford%2C_Pennsylvania) ==References== '''Notes''' {{reflist|2}} '''Bibliography''' *Mackay, Robert; Baker, Anthony; and Traynor, Carol eds. ''Long Island Country Houses And Their Architects 1860 to 1940'' ==External links== *{{commons category-inline|Richard Howland Hunt}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, Richard Howland}} Category:Beaux Arts architects Category:1862 births Category:1931 deaths Category:American neoclassical architects Category:Architects from New York City Category:American alumni of the École des Beaux-Arts Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni Richard Howland Category:19th-century American architects Category:20th-century American architects Richard --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Richard Howland Hunt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Howland_Hunt) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Howland_Hunt?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.