Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Hunt was born in Brattleboro, Vermont on October 31, 1827 to Jane Maria Leavitt and Jonathan Hunt, a US congressman. His brother was the noted Boston painter William Morris Hunt. Hunt's mother moved the family to Europe for several decades after his father's death. Hunt was the first American architect to attend the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and upon his graduation helped supervise the construction of the Louvre.
Hunt returned to New York City in 1855 and created the first apartment building there, founded the first American architectural school, and founded the American Institute of Architects. Hunt designed a massive variety of structures, ranging from the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in New York to the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina (the largest mansion in America) and "The Breakers" in Newport, Rhode Island.
Hunt died in Newport, Rhode Island in 1895.
Boston Buildings
- 13 Arlington Street (Demolished)
- 15 Arlington Street (Demolished)