Richard Morris Hunt

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Richard Morris Hunt was a pioneering 19th-century American architect who helped introduce Beaux-Arts principles to the United States and designed many prominent public buildings and grand residences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American architect
architect
human
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1827-10-31
dateOfDeath 1895-07-31
educatedAt Lycée Louis-le-Grand
École des Beaux-Arts
familyName Hunt
fieldOfWork Beaux-Arts design
Gilded Age mansions
architecture
monumental public buildings
givenName Richard
hasWorkLocation New York City
Newport, Rhode Island
Paris
surface form: Paris, France
influenced McKim, Mead & White
surface form: American Beaux-Arts architects

Charles Follen McKim
McKim, Mead & White
Richardsonian and Beaux-Arts traditions in the U.S.
influencedBy Beaux-Arts
surface form: Beaux-Arts classicism

Hector Lefuel
École des Beaux-Arts
memberOf American Institute of Architects
movement American Renaissance architecture
surface form: American Renaissance

Beaux-Arts
surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
name Richard Morris Hunt self-link
notableAchievement Designed many prominent public buildings and grand residences in the 19th-century United States
Helped introduce Beaux-Arts architectural principles to the United States
notableWork Administration Building of the World’s Columbian Exposition
Biltmore Estate
Biltmore Village buildings near Biltmore Estate
Chateau-sur-Mer alterations, Newport
Cornelius Vanderbilt II House, New York City
Metropolitan Museum of Art
surface form: Fifth Avenue entrance and grand staircase of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fifth Avenue mansions for the Vanderbilt family
Lenox Library, New York City
The Breakers
surface form: Marble House

Metropolitan Museum of Art
surface form: Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Avenue façade and wings

Newport Art Association building (consulting role)
Newport Casino (early designs and consultation)
Ochre Court
Statue of Liberty
surface form: Pedestal of the Statue of Liberty

The Breakers
The Marble House ballroom, Newport
Tribune Building, New York City
William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York
occupation architect
placeOfBirth Brattleboro, Vermont
placeOfDeath Newport, Rhode Island
positionHeld Founding member of the American Institute of Architects
President of the American Institute of Architects
residence New York City
Newport, Rhode Island
sexOrGender male
sibling William Morris Hunt
spouse Catharine Clinton Howland

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Metropolitan Museum of Art architect Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt name Richard Morris Hunt self-link
Fogg Museum architect Richard Morris Hunt
Biltmore Estate architect Richard Morris Hunt
William K. Vanderbilt House (Petit Château), New York architect Richard Morris Hunt
subject surface form: William K. Vanderbilt House
Hunt hasNotableBearer Richard Morris Hunt
The Breakers architect Richard Morris Hunt
Chateau-sur-Mer alterations, Newport architect Richard Morris Hunt
Chateau-sur-Mer alterations, Newport category Richard Morris Hunt
this entity surface form: Works of Richard Morris Hunt
Newport Art Association building (consulting role) architecturalConsultant Richard Morris Hunt
subject surface form: Newport Art Association building
Newport Art Association building (consulting role) designInfluencedBy Richard Morris Hunt
subject surface form: Newport Art Association building
Newport Art Association building (consulting role) associatedArchitect Richard Morris Hunt
subject surface form: Newport Art Association building
William Morris Hunt sibling Richard Morris Hunt
Ochre Court architect Richard Morris Hunt
Lenox Library, New York City architect Richard Morris Hunt
Tribune Building, New York City architect Richard Morris Hunt
George Washington Vanderbilt II workedWith Richard Morris Hunt
Frank Furness influencedBy Richard Morris Hunt
Tenth Street Studio Building architect Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt Memorial (New York City) honours Richard Morris Hunt
subject surface form: Richard Morris Hunt Memorial
Richard Morris Hunt Memorial (New York City) dedicatedTo Richard Morris Hunt
subject surface form: Richard Morris Hunt Memorial
Catharine Clinton Howland spouse Richard Morris Hunt
Catharine Clinton Howland notableRelative Richard Morris Hunt
Petit Château architect Richard Morris Hunt
Administration Building architect Richard Morris Hunt
subject surface form: Administration Building (World's Columbian Exposition)
Chateau-sur-Mer architect Richard Morris Hunt
Yorktown Victory Monument architect Richard Morris Hunt
Cathedral of All Souls architect Richard Morris Hunt
Cathedral of All Souls category Richard Morris Hunt
this entity surface form: Richard Morris Hunt buildings
Marble House architect Richard Morris Hunt
statue of George Washington architectOfPedestal Richard Morris Hunt
subject surface form: Statue of George Washington at Federal Hall
Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York containsStructureDesignedBy Richard Morris Hunt
subject surface form: Moravian Cemetery
Garfield Monument architect Richard Morris Hunt
Louisa Dumaresq Perkins hasRelativeByMarriage Richard Morris Hunt
Belcourt of Newport architect Richard Morris Hunt
Jane Maria Leavitt Hunt child Richard Morris Hunt
Court of Honor hasCollaboratingArchitect Richard Morris Hunt
Vanderbilt costume ball of 1883 organisedBy Richard Morris Hunt