Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895

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Richard Morris Hunt (born October 31, 1827, Brattleboro, Vermont – died July 31, 1895, Newport, Rhode Island), American architect of the nineteenth century and an eminent figure in the history of American architecture. He helped shape New York City with his designs for the 1902 entrance façade and Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, and many Fifth Avenue mansions since destroyed.

Hunt is also renowned for his Biltmore Estate, America's largest private house, near Asheville, North Carolina, and for his elaborate summer cottages in Newport, Rhode Island, which set a new standard of ostentation for the social elite and the newly minted millionaires of the Gilded Age.

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referencedIn Lenox Library. Lenox Library records, 1866-1915. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association (Portland, Me.). Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association records, 1871-1891. Maine Historical Society Library
referencedIn Beacon Historical Society (Beacon, N.Y.). Architectural drawings collection, 1853-1916. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Yandell, Enid Bland, 1869-1934. Enid Yandell : papers, 1875-1982. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909. Miscellaneous papers. Churchill County Museum
creatorOf Hunt, Richard Morris, 1827-1895. Typed letters signed (6) : to Harper and Brothers, 1891 Sept. 23-1892 Feb. 1. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874. Correspondence, 1829-1874 Houghton Library
referencedIn Lenox Library records, 1866-1915 The New York Public Library. New York Public Library Archives.
referencedIn Autograph File, H Houghton Library
creatorOf R. Guastavino Company. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Borough of Manhattan, [New York, N.Y.] [graphic] : [detail drawings] / R. Guastavino Co. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Smith, Francis Hopkinson, 1838-1915. Autograph letters signed (12) : to Mr. Schell at Harper and Brothers, 1891 Jan. 26-1891 July 31. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, 1834-1904. [Statue of Liberty] [model]. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf Woodlawn Cemetery (New York, N.Y.). Woodlawn Cemetery records, 1863-1999. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Goelet family papers, 1881-1953, (bulk 1893-1898) Salve Regina University Special Collections
referencedIn Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895. Biltmore, N.C., Geo. W. Vanderbilt, Esq. [House] [graphic] : [detail drawings of vaulted ceilings] / Richard Morris Hunt, architect. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Hunt, Richard M., 1828-1895. Cornelius Vanderbilt Esq. residence, Newport, [R.I.] [graphic] : [detail drawing of] iron furred ceiling to carriage porch [in plan and section] / Richard M. Hunt, architect. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Hunt, Richard N. (Richard Nash). Richard N. Hunt papers, 1907-1982. Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
referencedIn Alan Burnham papers, 1874-1999, (bulk 1940-1982) Columbia University. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives.
referencedIn Richard Morris Hunt : vertical file. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Lenox Library. Board of Trustees. Administration. Lenox Library Administration records, 1870-1895. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf D.H. Burnham & Co. Records, ca. 1891-1912. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Levi P. Morton Correspondence, 1860-1912 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924. Hunt frame [graphic] : [cover design for magazine] / L H S [monogram]. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895. Administration Building, Columbian Exhibition [model]. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf White, Stanford, 1853-1906. Stanford White correspondence and architectural drawings, 1887-1922, (bulk 1887-1907). Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn William Roscoe Thayer papers, 1762-1927 (inclusive), 1872-1921 (bulk) Houghton Library
referencedIn Weir, John Ferguson, 1841-1926. John Ferguson Weir papers, 1838-1957 (inclusive), 1861-1928 (bulk). Yale University Library
creatorOf Hunt, Richard Morris, 1828-1895. Richard M. Hunt letter to George Waring [manuscript], 1872 April 23. University of Virginia. Library
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associatedWith Beacon Historical Society (Beacon, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Biltmore Estate (Asheville, N.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith Burnham, Alan, 1913-1984 person
associatedWith Cornelius Vanderbilt residence (Newport, R.I.) corporateBody
associatedWith D.H. Burnham & Co. corporateBody
associatedWith Goelet family family
associatedWith Harper & Brothers, corporateBody
associatedWith Lenox Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Lenox Library. Board of Trustees. Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith Morton, Levi P. (Levi Parsons), 1824-1920 person
correspondedWith Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association (Portland, Me.) corporateBody
associatedWith R. Guastavino Company. corporateBody
associatedWith Smith, Francis Hopkinson, 1838-1915. person
associatedWith Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924. person
correspondedWith Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874 person
correspondedWith Thayer, William Roscoe, 1859-1923 person
associatedWith Vanderbilt, Cornelius, 1843-1899. person
associatedWith Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914. person
associatedWith Waring, George E. (George Edwin), 1833-1898, person
associatedWith Weir, John Ferguson, 1841-1926. person
associatedWith White, Stanford, 1853-1906. person
associatedWith Woodlawn Cemetery (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Yandell, Enid Bland, 1869-1934. person
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Death 1895-07-31

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