Herbert R. Hunt (1885–1961) was an American architect from Providence, Rhode Island.
He was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, and was working as a draftsman by age 15.Rosedale Apartments NRHP Nomination. 2006. By 1915, he was working as an architect in Providence. Around 1917 he left the city, returning in 1922.American Contractor 23 Sept. 1922: 28. His most prominent surviving building is the Rosedale Apartments in Cranston, built in 1939. Hunt retired in 1954 and died in 1961 at the age of 74.
A great deal of Hunt's work was for the Cherry & Webb Company and associated businesses.
Works 1917 - Cherry & Webb Building, 139 S Main St, Fall River, MassachusettsAmerican Contractor 11 Aug. 1917: 41. 1925 - Herbert R. Hunt House, 1080 Narragansett Blvd, Cranston, Rhode Island 1925 - O'Gorman Building, 93 Eddy St, Providence, Rhode IslandEngineering News-Record 1925: 158. 1934 - Cherry & Webb Warehouse, 117 Merrimack St, Lowell, MassachusettsBridgemen's Magazine 1934: 100. 1939 - Rosedale Apartments, 1180 Narragansett Blvd, Cranston, Rhode Island 1939 - WPRO Radio Station, 1502 Wampanoag Tr, East Providence, Rhode IslandEngineering News-Record 1939: 139. Demolished
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