Biography

RICHARD HOWLAND HUNT
The offices of Richard Howland Hunt were centered in Chattanooga, Tennessee and his firm was recognized as one of the leading architectural firms in the South from around the 1880's to the 1930's.
Richard Howland Hunt was born in 1862 and died in 1937. He was the son of the noted architect Richard Morris Hunt, who designed the local icon, the Biltmore Estate and many other notable buildings at the turn of the century.  At the age of seventy-five years, Hunt came to the end of a very productive career. The architectural firm, called the "Hunt Company" reportedly produced some 131 finished projects and spanned the gamut of the architectural repertoire --- churches, schools, businesses, hotels city buildings and courthouses. The majority of his projects were churches and may often be recognized by their medieval and classical revival style.  Many of the building in downtown Chattanooga are the work of Richard Howland Hunt.
Hunt preferred brick as a building material and many of his monochromatic facades are used as foils for more ornate treatment of windows and doors. According to the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture, Hunt "...incorporated contemporary forms, styles, and technology," into his work and his progressive style led to the revitalization of architectural practice in the southeast.