Richard Munday
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Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about south of Providence. Known as a New England summer resort and for the famous Newport Mansions, it is the home of Salve Regina University and Naval Station Newport which houses the United States Naval War...
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Munday built several notable public buildings in Newport between 1720 and 1739 helping to modernize the city. Christopher Wren
Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren FRS is one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history.He used to be accorded responsibility for rebuilding 51 churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Ludgate Hill, completed in 1710...
's church of St. James at Piccadilly in London, England and Old North Church
Old North Church
Old North Church , at 193 Salem Street, in the North End of Boston, is the location from which the famous "One if by land, and two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent...
are believed to have greatly influenced Munday's baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
style. Munday also built many Georgian houses in Newport and was a parishioner at Trinity Church
Trinity Church (Newport, Rhode Island)
Trinity Church, on Queen Anne Square in Newport, Rhode Island, is a historic parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. Founded in 1698, it is the oldest Episcopal parish in the state. The current Georgian building was designed by architect Richard Munday and constructed in...
. Few details about his life have survived.
Works by Munday
- Old Colony HouseOld Colony HouseThe Old Colony House, also known as Old State House or Newport Colony House, is located at the east end of Washington Square in the city of Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It is a brick Georgian-style building completed in 1741, and became the meeting place for the colonial legislature...
, 1739, a U.S. National Historic Landmark (NHL)National Historic LandmarkA National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance... - Sabbatarian Meeting House (home of the Newport Historical SocietyNewport Historical SocietyThe Newport Historical Society is a historical society in Newport, Rhode Island that was chartered in 1854 to collect and preserve books, manuscripts, and objects pertaining to Newport's history.-History of the Society:...
), 1729http://www.newporthistorical.org/sites_sdbmh.htm - Trinity Church, NewportTrinity Church (Newport, Rhode Island)Trinity Church, on Queen Anne Square in Newport, Rhode Island, is a historic parish church in the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. Founded in 1698, it is the oldest Episcopal parish in the state. The current Georgian building was designed by architect Richard Munday and constructed in...
, 1725, also an NHL - Daniel Ayrault house, Newport, 1739-40 (built with Benjamin Wyatt)
- Malbone Hall, 1739-40 (resembled Colony House, destroyed in 1764 fire)
- Malbone town house, 1729 (demolished)
- Jahleel Brent House, (possible contributor)
- John Gidley House, (possible contributor)
External links and references
- James D. Kornwolf, Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf, Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America, (JHU Press, 2002), pg. 1026http://books.google.com/books?id=DA9_v6Ma1a8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=munday+ayrault+house&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA505,M1
- Preservation Society pictures of Munday's works
- Antoinette F. Downing, Early Homes of Rhode Island (Richmond, VA: Gt: 1937)
- A. F. Downing & V.J.Scully, The Architectural Heritage of Newport Rhode Island 1640-1915 (NY: Bramhill, 1967)
- Henry Russell Hitchcock, Rhode Island Architecture, (Providence: Mus. Pres., 1939)