# Richard Morris Hunt
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richard morris hunt (October 31, 1827 – July 31, 1895) was an American architect of the nineteenth century and an eminent figure in the history of American architecture. He helped shape New York City with his designs for the 1902 entrance façade and Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), and many Fifth Avenue mansions since destroyed.Hunt is also renowned for his Biltmore Estate, America's largest private house, near Asheville, North Carolina, and for his elaborate summer cottages in Newport, Rhode Island, which set a new standard of ostentation for the social elite and the newly-minted millionaires of the Gilded Age.
== Early life ==
Hunt was born at Brattleboro, Vermont into the prominent Hunt family.
THANKSGIVING THROWBACK: The House that Vanderbilt—Gilded Age Mansions of Newport, RI
In this special throwback episode of Curious Objects, Ben Miller takes listeners on a virtual tour of the suite of beaux-arts abodes built for the Vanderbilts, Oelrichs, Astors, and Berwinds by the likes of Richard Morris Hunt and Stanford White. These houses—referred to as “cottages” by their nouv…
Inside Newport: Objects and Observations with Ulysses Dietz
Ulysses Dietz, noted curator, author, and historian is the great-great grandson of President Ulysses S. Grant. In this unique and very special show, Ulysses takes us behind the doors of several of Newport's great mansions to understand how architecture, design and decorative arts all combine to te…
E189 Building Biltmore
Journey through the history of Biltmore House with Marie Bartlett and Lesley Jones in this episode of Then Again. Biltmore is a a true marvel of architecture nestled in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains. In this podcast, we'll uncover the fascinating story of how this iconic mansion came to b…
The American Renaissance: Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York City
Carl is joined by noted architect, interior designer and author Phillip James Dodd for an in-depth discussion of the "look" of the Gilded Age - a style known as American Beaux-Arts.
Architecture constructed during the height of America's Gilded Age most certainly had a distinctive look. It was …
Episode 124: Olana
Olana, located in Hudson, New York, is the greatest masterwork of Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), the most famous American landscape artist of the mid-19th century and the most important artist’s home, studio, and designed landscape in the United States. Church designed Olana as a holistic envir…
Great Estates of the Berkshires
Carl is joined by Cornelia Brooke Gilder, noted Berkshire historian, author and Lenox native, for this special show which delves into the artistic and literary life of the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts as well as its role as a Gilded Age summer enclave.
From the early 19th century the lush, …
The Architect's Race to the Bottom
We open today with a discussion about the latest epidemic in the US. Yes, we’re talking about the epidemic of pickleball-related injuries. Here’s the story in Bloomberg. Then we move on to a topic that John Roach brought to Eddie’s attention recently. It’s all about architects and the pricing of …
Our Biltmore Experience EP 96
Come with us on a road trip! In this episode the Crew discusses their experiences as we toured the famed Biltmore Estate here in Asheville, North Carolina and visited the King Tutankhamen exhibit on the estate grounds.
George Vanderbilt, grandson of shipping entrepreneur and industrialist Corneli…
Introducing New Hosts Boyd and Cathleen
Cathleen Cahill and Boyd Cothran introduce themselves and lay out their plans for the Gilded Age & Progressive Era podcast over the next few months, including an upcoming interview with Leslie Jones, curator of the Newport Preservation Society's new exhibit about Gilded Age architect Richard Morris…
103: Gilded Age Architect Richard Morris Hunt
In this episode, Boyd and Cathleen talk to Leslie Jones, Director of Museum Affairs and Chief Curator at The Preservation Society of Newport County, about the society's new exhibit: Richard Morris Hunt: In A New Light. Through the conversation we learned more about this important Gilded Age archite…
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