Robert Palmer Huntington Jr. (January 15, 1869 – March 12, 1949) was an American
tennis
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player. He was the grandson of New York born Indiana pioneer Judge
Elisha Mills Huntington
Elisha Mills Huntington (March 29, 1806 – October 26, 1862) was Commissioner of the United States General Land Office and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Indiana.
Early life
Huntington wa ...
.
Architectural career
Huntington joined the architectural firm of
Hoppin & Koen
Colonel Francis Laurens Vinton Hoppin (October 7, 1866 – October 9, 1941) was a prominent American architect and painter from Providence, Rhode Island.
Early life
Hopping was born on October 7, 1866 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was a son of ...
, led by
Francis L. V. Hoppin
Colonel Francis Laurens Vinton Hoppin (October 7, 1866 – October 9, 1941) was a prominent American architect and painter from Providence, Rhode Island.
Early life
Hopping was born on October 7, 1866 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was a son of ...
(1867-1941) and Terence A. Koen (1858-1923) after a period with
J.P. Morgan & Co. He became a full partner in 1902, and they practiced together until he retired in 1908. The firm was based in Manhattan, New York and is known for police stations, fire stations and dignified town houses in the Beaux Arts Style. Huntington, who was independently wealthy, owned 300 acres on the Hudson River at Staatsburg, New York where he designed and built his residence, Hopeland House, a thirty-five room
Tudor Revival
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mansion(demolished). In addition, he designed his own house in rural
Hampton County, South Carolina
Hampton County is a rural county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,561. Its county seat is Hampton. It was named for Confederate Civil War general Wade Hampton, who in the late 1870s, wi ...
; his house there at
Gravel Hill Plantation, a
National Register of Historic Places
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property, is his only known work south of New York.
Tennis career
An 1891 graduate from
Yale University
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, Huntington won the singles title at the New England Championship in 1890, and the intercollegiate tennis singles title in 1889.
In 1891 and 1892 he won the men's doubles title at the
U.S. National Championships together with compatriot
Oliver Campbell
Oliver Edward Michael Campbell (February 25, 1871 – July 11, 1953) was an American male tennis player who won the three consecutive singles titles at the U.S. Championships from 1890 through 1892.
Education
Campbell was educated at Columbi ...
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In the singles tournament he reached the semifinals in 1890, losing to his doubles partner and eventual champion Oliver Campbell, and again more than a decade later in 1902, losing in four sets to
Malcolm Whitman. Huntington also reached the quarterfinals in 1899 and 1903.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
See also
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Huntington family
Huntington is the surname of three prominent families from the United States of America. The first was active in the eastern region; the second played an important role in the early Latter Day Saint movement, and pioneered and founded the State of ...
References
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1869 births
1949 deaths
American male tennis players
United States National champions (tennis)
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Sportspeople from Louisville, Kentucky
Tennis people from Kentucky
Yale Bulldogs men's tennis players