Background
Hunt was born in Weathersfield, Vermont, and graduated from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Hunt was born in Weathersfield, Vermont, and graduated from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Harvard University; 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, however, 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 Saint St. Petersburg, Florida in 1927. He died on June 15, 1941 in Saint St. Petersburg.
Vermont Building, World"s Columbian Exposition, 1893 Arbor Lodge, Nebraska City, Nebraska, 1903 Naval Station Great Lakes, 39 original buildings, 1903-1927 Union Pacific headquarters, Omaha, Nebraska, 1910 Indianapolis News Building, 1910 (National Register) Kansas City Star Building 1910 (National Register) Joliet Union Station, 1911-1913 (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, 1923-1926 Chicago Golf Club Clubhouse, Wheaton, Illinois Bamberger"s Department Store, Newark, New Jersey National Golf Links of America Clubhouse, Southampton, New York Walden, Estate of Cyrus H. McCormick II, Lake Forest, Illinois, 1896 (main house demolished, 1950s).
