Richard Morris Hunt

So You Want an American Renaissance…

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Today was a day of only 3 houses, but what houses they were.  All three houses were designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Our first stop was Ochre Court.  Built between 1888 and 1893 for Ogden Goelet.  These houses are well documented as to the craftspeople.  The Ochre House sculptor was Karl Bitter, however, much of … Read more

MM&W meet LaFarge

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Our day started at the Channing Memorial Church.  (E. Boyden and Sons 1881).  William Ellery Channing was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century. We were at the church to view the John LaForge stained glass windows.  I promised I would tell this story, so here goes.  Charles Lewis … Read more