Richard Tylden Auchmuty (July 15, 1831 – July 18, 1893) was an officer in the American Civil War, an architect, and philanthropist.[1][2] His works were built in New York City and Massachusetts. He designed St. Mary's Episcopal Church at 230 Classon Avenue in Brooklyn and Trinity Episcopal Church at 102 Walker Street in Lenox, Massachusetts, both of which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. His grandfather signed the Declaration of Independence.[3] He worked for and then in partnership with James Renwick.[3]
He served in the Fifth Corps and climbed in rank to retire a Lieutenant Colonel. According to a letter he wrote he served at Gettysburg.
Auchmuty was born in New York City, the only son of a prominent family. He was philanthropic.[4]
A volume of his Civil War letters was published privately.[5]
Auchmuty died of pulmonary edema at home in Lenox, Massachusetts, on July 18, 1893.[6] His leg was buried first and then he followed several months after at Green-Wood Cemetery.[7]
Work
edit- The Dormers, his home, in Lenox[8][9]
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Brooklyn)
- Trinity Episcopal Church (Lenox, Massachusetts)
References
edit- ^ Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov.
- ^ "March 21: Richard Auchmuty | Green-Wood".
- ^ a b Hoagland, Alison K.; Breisch, Kenneth A. (October 22, 2003). Constructing Image, Identity, and Place. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 9781572332195 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Architecture and Building: A Journal of Investment and Construction". W. T. Comstock. October 22, 1892 – via Google Books.
- ^ James E. Arsenault & Company auction
- ^ "COL. RICHARD T. AUCHMUTY DEAD". New York Times. July 19, 1893. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
- ^ "Info Brooklyn History Real Estate :: Brooklyn Daily Eagle". 50.56.218.160.
- ^ "Lenox as a Resort - Cottages to the North". January 31, 2016.
- ^ Association, Lenox Library (February 18, 2016). Lenox. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467124058 – via Google Books.
Further reading
edit- Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography, 1909
- The Sibley Journal of Engineering. Sibley Journal of Engineering. 1894.
- Arthur G. Wirth (1972). Education in the technological society: the vocational-liberal studies controversy in the early twentieth century. Intext Educational Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7002-2398-5.
Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Auchmuty, Richard Tylden". The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 163.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)- History of the Master Builders' Exchange of the City of Philadelphia from Its Organization in the Year 1886 to 1893. Sunshine Publishing Company. 1893.
