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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
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Forest Hall, Milford, Pennsylvania. 1903. For James Pinchot, for whom Richard Morris hunt had built Grey Towers. (National Register of Historic Places)
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As did many of the architects of the time, Hunt & Hunt designed bases and pedestals for sculptors. These include:
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Urban residences by Hunt & Hunt include the two Beaux-Arts houses designed for George W. Vanderbilt at 645 and
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New York Times, October 2, 2005, Real Estate section, "A Neighborhood to Move Around In", by Lisa Prevost.
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Hunt was unable to persuade the Museum's trustees to complete the sculptural groups. Bogart, Michele H.
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before following his brother to the École des Beaux-Arts, returning to New York in 1901.
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The Architectural Record November 1916, Three Connecticut Country Houses, Vol XL No 5
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who worked with his brother Joseph Howland Hunt in New York City at
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The brothers were primarily known for their elegant residences in
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MacKay, Robert B.; Anthony K. Baker; Carol A. Traynor (1997).
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Hunt was born on March 14, 1862, in Paris, where his father,
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Long Island Country Houses And Their Architects 1860 to 1940
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Accessed 2 December 2008. Basic biographical details.
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Public Sculpture and the Civic Ideal in New York City
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Index

Hunt & Hunt

Newport, Rhode Island
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
École des Beaux-Arts

Lotos Club

69th Regiment Armory

New York City Police Museum
Hunt family of Vermont
Richard Morris Hunt
Beaux-Arts architect
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Richard Morris Hunt
Samuel Shaw Howland
Howland & Aspinwall
Livingston Hunt
William H. Hunt
Joseph Howland Hunt
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
École des Beaux-Arts
Harvard College
Columbia University
Lotos Club
647 Fifth Avenue
Long Island
Tuxedo Park
Newport, Rhode Island

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