Richard Morrisan Hunt Essay Outline

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Richard Morris Hunt was an American architect born in 1827. Hunt was born in Brattleboro, Vermont. His dad was a lawyer and US congressman, so their family had lots of money. He first attended Boston Latin School, and then in 1943 when his father died, he traveled to Europe to study art and architecture. In 1846 he would become the first American to attend the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, the finest architecture school in the world. He finally settled in New York in 1855, where he made it his goal to raise the standard of design. Hunt designed many incredible homes during the Gilded Age, when many businessmen became rich and built huge mansions. He also designed many public buildings in New York, Boston, Newport, and Chicago. Some of his most famous works were the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty, the façade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Biltmore House, and two of the Newport cottages (the Breakers and the Marble House). His favorite style of architecture was Beaux-Arts, and the influence is seen in many of his designs. One of Hunt’s most notable designs is the...

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