Architectural Work of Hunt and His Office

The work of Richard Morris Hunt and his staff is remarkable for its breadth of architectural type and the professional standing of clients, men and women of the arts, science, industry, and religion who commissioned projects as modest as carriage barns and as ambitious as public libraries.

Richard Morris Hunt and his office designed more than 245 buildings and sites. The detailed list below covers each project by type, client, related creators, location, and date, with summary descriptions. You can download the list as a pdf file, or as an Excel spreadsheet for ease of sorting the categories.

For drawings, photographs, and other materials related to the architectural work of Richard Morris Hunt, see the Hunt Collection page in this guide.

Architectural Work of Richard Morris Hunt and His Office by Sam Watters, below, revises and updates the "List of Architectural Work" in Paul R. Baker, Richard Morris Hunt (1980): 538-49.

Proposed facade design for Thomas P. Rossiter residence and studio in New York City, ca. 1855.

Richard Morris Hunt, architect. Thomas P. Rossiter residence and studio (proposed), New York, NY, ca. 1855. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Richard Morris Hunt, architect. Scroll and Key Society Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Elevation, 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-floor plans, ca. 1869. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Elevation and plans of the Scroll and Key building at Yale College, ca. 1869.

Hand-colored photographs showing Van Rensselaer building in New York City, ca. 1873.

Richard Morris Hunt, architect. Van Rensselaer building, New York, NY, ca. 1873. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Richard Morris Hunt, architect, with Henry Van Brunt. Monument to the Alliance and Victory, "Yorktown Monument," Yorktown, VA, ca. 1883. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Perspective rendering of Vanderbilt mausoleum in New York, 1884.

Richard Morris Hunt, architect. Vanderbilt mausoleum, Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Staten Island, NY, Dec. 2, 1884. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Photograph showing Joseph R. and Mary L. Busk residence, Indian Spring, Newport, RI, 1891.

Richard Morris Hunt, architect. Joseph R. and Mary L. Busk residence, Indian Spring, Newport, RI, 1891. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Elevation of administrative building at the World's Columbian Exposition.

Richard Morris Hunt, architect. Administration Building. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, IL, ca. 1892. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

Photograph of entrance-hall stairs in Caroline Astor wing of J.J. Astor and Caroline S. Astor residence in New York City, ca. 1897.

Richard Morris Hunt, architect. Caroline S. and J.J. Astor IV residence, 840 and 841 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. Entrance-hall stairs in Caroline Astor wing, ca.1897. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division.

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