Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Architect Gifford Pinchot House Milford
Architect Hampton Institute Hampton
Architect Biltmore Estate Office Asheville
Architect Southern Railway Passenger Depot Asheville
Architect All Souls Episcopal Church and Parish House Asheville
Architect The Breakers Newport, RI
Architect Stuyvesant Square Historic District New York City
Architect Howland Library Beacon, NY
Architect Hostelling International New York New York City
Architect Archibald Rogers Estate Hyde Park, NY
Architect Biltmore Estate Asheville
1846/00/00 Richard Morris Hunt enters the Paris atelier of Hector Lefuel. The aspiring architect will become the first American to attend the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Education Palais des Etudes, Ecole des Beaux-Arts Paris
1851/00/00 William Hunt and his brother Richard share an apartment at 1 rue Jacob, close by the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, where William studies painting under Thomas Couture. Home Rue Jacob, Paris Paris
1852/00/00 Leavitt Hunt makes a calotype photograph of the Great Sphinx and the Pyramids at Giza. Visitor Great Sphinx Giza Leavitt Hunt's Grand Tour
1852/00/00 Leavitt Hunt makes a calotype photograph of the Great Sphinx and the Pyramids at Giza. Visitor Great Pyramid of Khufu Giza Leavitt Hunt's Grand Tour
1852/00/00 Leavitt Hunt makes a calotype photograph at Karnak and the Ramesseum in Thebes Visitor Temple of Karnak Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis Leavitt Hunt's Grand Tour
1857/02/23 Thirteen architects meet in Richard Upjohn's office to establish what will become the American Institute of Architects. Founding Member
1861/04/02 Catharine Clinton Howland marries Richard Morris Hunt. Groom
1861/07/00 While Richard M Hunt and his wife Catharine stay with John Griswold and his wife Jane in Paris for two weeks, it is agreed that Hunt will design a house for the Griswolds in Newport. Richard and Catharine Hunt have been friends with John and Jane Griswold Architect Newport Art Museum Newport, RI
1881/00/00 Richard Morris Hunt is hired to design the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. Architect Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty National Monument
1885/00/00 Designed by Richard M Hunt as a replica of a Romanesque church in Arles, France, the Vanderbilt Mausoleum is built, 18851886, in a private section at Moravian Cemetery. Architect Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island New York City
1888/00/00 Marble House is built, 1888 to 1892 Architect Marble House Newport, RI
1890/00/00 Bas reliefs Bronze doors, conceived by Richard Morris Hunt, are funded by William W Astor in memory of John Jacob Astor III. The 10 ft x 8.5 ft portal is executed by J Woodley Gosling at the Henry Bonnard Bronze Company. Architect Trinity Church New York City
1891/10/28 Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument is dedicated Architect Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument Portland, ME
1902/12/00 Beaux-Arts Fifth Avenue facade and Great Hall opens Architect The Met Fifth Avenue, NYC New York City Opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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