Jarvis Hunt

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Jarvis Hunt
Born (1863-08-06)August 6, 1863
Weathersfield, Windham County, Vermont, U.S.
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St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, U.S.
Nationality U.S.
Alma mater Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation Architect
Spouse(s) M. Louise Coleman
Children Louise Hunt McMurtry Cilley
Jarvis Hunt, Jr.
Parent(s) Leavitt Hunt
Katherine (Jarvis) Hunt
Buildings Kansas City Union Station
Joliet Union Station
Projects National Golf Links of America Golf Course
Chicago Golf Club

Jarvis Hunt (August 6, 1863 - June 15, 1941) was a renowned Chicago architect[1] who designed a wide array of buildings, including train stations, suburban estates, industrial buildings, clubhouses and other structures.

Biography

Union Station in Kansas City
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National Golf Links of America

Hunt was born in Weathersfield, Vermont,[2] and graduated from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3]

He had a passion for golf and qualified for the 1904 Olympics Golf Team, but failed to make the cut. Hunt later designed the clubhouses of several clubs including the National Golf Links of America Golf Course, of which he was a founding member,[4] and the Chicago Golf Club.[5]

Most of his projects, however, are associated with the United States Midwest, including the Kansas City Union Station and the Joliet Union Station.[6] Hunt based his architectural firm in Chicago's Monadnock Building.[7][8]

Hunt retired to his home in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1927. He died on June 15, 1941 in St. Petersburg.[9]

Family life

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Mrs. Jarvis Hunt at a Chicago horse show, 1908

Hunt was the son of attorney, farmer and photography pioneer Colonel Leavitt Hunt and his wife Katherine (Jarvis) Hunt,[10] and was a nephew of noted New York City architect Richard Morris Hunt[11] and his brother, Boston painter William Morris Hunt. He was the grandson of U.S. Congressman Jonathan Hunt.[12]

Hunt and his wife, the former M. Louise Coleman, had two children: Louisa Hunt McMurtry and Jarvis Hunt, Jr.[13] Jarvis Hunt and his wife later divorced, and he was awarded custody of his two children.[14]

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Further reading

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