Jarvis Hunt (August 6, 1863 - June 15, 1941) was a Chicago architect[1] who designed a wide array of buildings, including railroad stations, suburban estates, industrial buildings, clubhouses and other structures.
Biography
Hunt was born in Weathersfield, Vermont,[2] and attended Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3][4]
He had a passion for golf and qualified for the 1904 Olympics Golf Team, but failed to make the cut.[5] Hunt later designed the clubhouses of several clubs including the National Golf Links of America Golf Course, of which he was a founding member,[6] and the Chicago Golf Club.[7]
Most of his projects are associated with the United States Midwest, including the Kansas City Union Station and the Joliet Union Station.[8] Hunt based his architectural firm in Chicago's Monadnock Building.[9][10]
Hunt retired to his home in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1927. He died on June 15, 1941, in St. Petersburg.[7]
Family life
Hunt was the son of attorney, farmer and photography pioneer Colonel Leavitt Hunt and his wife, Katherine (Jarvis) Hunt.[11] His uncles were New York City architect Richard Morris Hunt[12] and Boston painter William Morris Hunt, and his grandfather was U.S. Congressman Jonathan Hunt.[13]
Hunt and his wife, the former M. Louise Coleman, had two children: Louisa Hunt McMurtry and Jarvis Hunt Jr.[14] Jarvis Hunt and his wife later divorced, and he was awarded custody of his two children.[15]
Projects
- Vermont Building, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893
- Arbor Lodge, Nebraska City, Nebraska, 1903
- Chicago and Alton Depot, Marshall, Missouri, 1906[16]
- Naval Station Great Lakes, 39 original buildings, 1903-1927
- Union Pacific headquarters, Omaha, Nebraska, 1910
- Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway depot, Temple, Texas, 1910[17]
- Indianapolis News Building, 1910 (National Register)
- Kansas City Star Building 1910 (National Register)
- Joliet Union Station, 1911-13 (National Register)
- 16th Street Station, Oakland, California, 1912
- Union Station (Kansas City), 1913 (National Register)
- Commerce Trust Building, Kansas City, Missouri, 1914 (National Register)
- Ayers Bank Building, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1914 (National Register)
- Union Station (Dallas), 1914-1916 (National Register)
- Newark Museum, 1923–26
- Hecht's Department Store, Washington, D.C.
- Chicago Golf Club Clubhouse, Wheaton, Illinois[18]
- Bamberger's Department Store, now 165 Halsey Street, Newark, New Jersey[19]
- National Golf Links of America Clubhouse, Southampton, New York
- Walden, Estate of Cyrus H. McCormick II, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1896 (main house demolished, 1950s)[20]
Gallery
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Union Pacific Railroad Headquarters Building, Omaha, Nebraska -
Indianapolis News Building, Indianapolis, Indiana -
Union Station, Joliet, Illinois -
Union Station in Kansas City -
Commerce Trust Building, Kansas City, Missouri -
Newark Museum -
Hecht's Department Store, Washington, D.C. -
Bamberger's Department Store, Newark, New Jersey -
National Golf Links of America
References
- ^ Mincer, Jilian (8 February 1998). "Restoring Historic Union Station in Kansas City" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "The Dream City: The Vermont Building".
- ^ "Union Station, Kansas City, National Register of Historic Places Inventory, United States Department of the Interior" (PDF).
- ^ "Jarvis Hunt, Architect and Member". CGC Foundation. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- ^ "Jarvis Hunt". Olympedia. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
- ^ "The National Golf Links of America, The American Golfer, Vol. IV, No. 8, August 1910" (PDF).
- ^ a b "Jarvis Hunt". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ "Jarvis Hunt, architect". University of Illinois at Chicago. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ Western architect (1917). The Western Architect, Volumes 25-26. Western architect, Incorporated. p. 72.
- ^ Chicago Architectural Club (1910). Annual of the Chicago Architectural Club. Chicago Architectural Club. p. 1.
- ^ "Annals of Brattleboro, Vol. II, Chapter LXIX, Biographical Sketches". Archived from the original on 2011-01-29. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
- ^ The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Culture Comes to Kansas City by Kristie C. Wolferman - University of Missouri Press - 1993 ISBN 0-8262-0908-4
- ^ "Michigan Boulevard Building". Designslinger. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Commerce Trust Company Building, United States Department of the Interior" (PDF).
- ^ "Archives: Chicago Tribune - JARVIS HUNT WINS CHILDREN".
- ^ Gibbs, Donna M. (April 3, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form" (PDF). State Historic Preservation Office. Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
- ^ "Authentic Texas Spring 2019". issuu. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
- ^ "hunt".
- ^ GmbH, Emporis. "Macy's Department Store, Newark - 121302 - EMPORIS".[dead link]
- ^ "Jarvis Hunt: works".
Further reading
- "JARV1S HUNT; Architect Erected the Vermont Building at '93 Chicago Fair". New York Times. June 17, 1941. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
External links
- Jarvis Hunt, architect, biography
- Jarvis Hunt, list of works
- Proposal for the Reorganization of the Railway Terminals of Chicago, An Address Before the City Club of Chicago, June 5, 1913, by Jarvis Hunt, Architect
- The Colony at the Chicago Golf Club, Wheaten and unincorporated DuPage County (Jarvis Hunt, c. 1898–1916), Landmarks Illinois
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