Richard Morris Hunt (1827 – 1895) was an American architect of the nineteenth century and a preeminent figure in the history of American architecture. Along with Hunt's sculpting of the face of New York City, including designs for the facade and Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty and many Fifth Avenue mansions lost to the wrecking ball, Hunt founded both the American Institute of Architects and the Municipal Art Society.
