Jarvis Hunt (August 6, 1863 - June 15, 1941) was a Chicago architect 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, and attended Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 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, and the Chicago Golf Club. Most of his projects are associated with the United States Midwest, including the Kansas City Union Station and the Joliet Union Station. Hunt based his architectural firm in Chicago's Monadnock Building. Hunt retired to his home in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1927. He died on June 15, 1941, in St. Petersburg.

Family life

Hunt was the son of attorney, farmer and photography pioneer Colonel Leavitt Hunt and his wife, Katherine (Jarvis) Hunt. His uncles were New York City architect Richard Morris Hunt and Boston painter William Morris Hunt, and his grandfather was U.S. congressman Jonathan Hunt. Hunt and his wife, the former M. Louise Coleman, had two children: Louisa Hunt McMurtry and Jarvis Hunt Jr. Jarvis Hunt and his wife later divorced, and he was awarded custody of his two children.

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