Myron Hubbard Hunt (February 27, 1868 – May 26, 1952) was an American architect whose numerous projects include many noted landmarks in
Southern California
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and
Evanston, Illinois
Evanston ( ) is a city, suburb of Chicago. Located in Cook County, Illinois, United States, it is situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. Evanston is north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, Wil ...
.
Hunt was elected a
Fellow
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In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements.
Within the context of higher education ...
in the
American Institute of Architects
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in 1908.
Early life and education
Hunt was born in
Sunderland, Massachusetts
Sunderland is a town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The wo ...
but his family later moved to
Chicago
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where he graduated from
Lake View High School in the city's
Lakeview district. From 1888 to 1890 he attended
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
, and then returned to Massachusetts to study at
MIT
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between 1890 and 1893. He graduated with a B.S. in Architecture from MIT in 1893.
After spending three years in Europe, he returned to Evanston where he obtained a position as draftsman in the local office of the Boston firm of
Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge was a successful architecture firm based in Boston, Massachusetts, operating between 1886 and 1915, with extensive commissions in monumental civic, religious, and collegiate architecture in the spirit and style of Henry ...
.
He married Harriette Boardman and his son was poet
Robert Hunt, long-time partner of
Witter Bynner
Harold Witter Bynner (August 10, 1881 – June 1, 1968), also known by the pen name Emanuel Morgan, was an American poet and translator. He was known for his long residence in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and association with other literary figures the ...
.
Career
![Myron Hunt house, 200 North Grand Avenue, Pasadena, California](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Myron_Hunt_house%2C_200_North_Grand_Avenue%2C_Pasadena%2C_California._View_to_house.jpg)
Hunt is mentioned in the writings of
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...
and other Chicago architects of the era as an early member of the group which came to be known as the
Prairie School
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, but in 1903 he moved to
Los Angeles
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, where he entered into a partnership with architect
Elmer Grey
Elmer Grey, FAIA (April 29, 1872 – November 14, 1963) was an American architect and artist based in Pasadena, California. Grey designed many noted landmarks in Southern California, including the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Huntington Art Gall ...
(1871–1963). Opening an office in
Pasadena
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...
, the firm of Hunt and Grey soon became popular with the well-to-do denizens of that city, who were building many costly houses during that period. Some of the firm's Pasadena work was featured in the national magazine ''
Architectural Record
''Architectural Record'' is a US-based monthly magazine dedicated to architecture and interior design. "The Record," as it is sometimes colloquially referred to, is widely-recognized as an important historical record of the unfolding debates in a ...
'' as early as the issue of October, 1906. They were soon designing large houses in communities throughout Southern California including the summer ranch home for cereal magnate
Will Keith Kellogg
William Keith Kellogg (April 7, 1860 – October 6, 1951), generally referred to as W.K. Kellogg, was an American industrialist in food manufacturing, best known as the founder of the Kellogg Company, which produces a wide variety of popular ...
at the present day campus of
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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(Cal Poly Pomona).
They also began receiving commissions to design larger projects, including hospitals, schools, churches and hotels. This included work for Throop Institute in Pasadena, the school which would soon become
California Institute of Technology
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. In 1911, they began plans for the new campus of
Occidental College
Occidental College (informally Oxy) is a private liberal arts college in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1887 as a coeducational college by clergy and members of the Presbyterian Church, it became non-sectarian in 1910. It is one of the oldes ...
in the
Eagle Rock district of Los Angeles. (Hunt would be the principal architect of all of Occidental's buildings through 1940.) Another school with which the firm had an association was
Pomona College
Pomona College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. It was established in 1887 by a group of Congregationalists who wanted to recreate a "college of the New England type" in Southern California. In 1925, it became ...
, for which Hunt and Grey designed a master plan of expansion in 1908, and where Hunt designed a concert hall,
Bridges Hall of Music
The Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music, more commonly known as Little Bridges (to distinguish it from nearby Bridges Auditorium, known as Big Bridges), is a concert hall at Pomona College in Claremont, California, designed by Myron Hunt and opene ...
, in 1915.
![Bridges Hall of Music Interior, Pomona College](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Bridges_Hall_of_Music_Interior%2C_Pomona_College.png)
In 1913, Hunt and Grey designed a new wing for the
Mission Inn in
Riverside, California
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. They provided designs for the remodeling, expansion, or construction of a number of hotels during the next decade, culminating with the plans for their largest such project, the
Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, which opened in 1921. Hunt also redesigned Pasadena's
Wentworth Hotel, a failed resort hotel in the city's Oak Knoll residential district purchased by
Henry E. Huntington in 1911. Rebuilt to Hunt's design, the hotel reopened as the
Huntington Hotel in 1914 and was Pasadena's leading hotel for decades thereafter. In 1921, he transformed the
Vista Hotel into one of the premier resorts in Pasadena, designing several of the hotel's original bungalows.
Hunt and Grey's association with Henry Huntington had been established a few years earlier when, in 1909, they designed his house in
San Marino
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. With a large addition built in 1934, the house was to become the main art gallery of the cultural center built around the
Huntington Library
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. Later in his career, Hunt would design a new main building for the
hospital that bore Huntington's name.
Another Pasadena landmark designed by Hunt is the
Rose Bowl. In 1927 Hunt designed a hotel for Senator Frank P. Flint, which was quickly sold to the Biltmore chain of hotels. Due to the Great Depression, the hotel was sold in 1931 to the Dominican Sister of Mission San Jose, who founded
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy is a private, all-girls Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles run by the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose. It is located in La Cañada Flintridge, California, on a campus ne ...
, an all-girls' day and boarding high school.
By 1912, Hunt was no longer in partnership with
Elmer Grey
Elmer Grey, FAIA (April 29, 1872 – November 14, 1963) was an American architect and artist based in Pasadena, California. Grey designed many noted landmarks in Southern California, including the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Huntington Art Gall ...
, but had established a new firm with Los Angeles architect
Harold C. Chambers. In this partnership Hunt designed a number of California libraries, including those in
Redlands,
Palos Verdes Estates
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(Malaga Cove Library),
Santa Barbara, and most notably the Pasadena Central Library, one of the three major civic buildings making up the
Pasadena Civic Center District.
In 1913, he designed a building for the Standard Oil Company in Los Angeles which they occupied until 1928 and it became a storage facility. From 1975-1991, the building was occupied by a feminist art center called the
Woman's Building
The Woman's Building was a non-profit arts and education center located in Los Angeles, California. The Woman's Building focused on feminist art and served as a venue for the women's movement and was spearheaded by artist Judy Chicago, graphic de ...
and was recommended for Historic-Cultural Monument status in 2018. The report states that the building "embodies the distinguishing characteristics of an architectural-type specimen, inherently valuable for study of a period, style, or method of construction as an excellent and highly intact example of Beaux Arts architecture applied to an industrial building.
Hunt retired to
Port Hueneme, California
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Port ...
near
Berylwood
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that he designed for the home of
Senator Thomas R. Bard. He died there in 1952.
Myron Hunt projects
*1895, 1731 Wesley Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
Charles A. Wightman
*1896, 1627 Wesley Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois
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, his own house
*1896, 1600-02 Ashland Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
Harvey B. Hurd
*1897, 1307-13 Ridge Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for Catherine White
*1897, apartment buildings Hereford, Boylston, Cambridge
*1897, 1580 Ashland Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
Harvey B. Hurd
*1897, 1414 Church Street,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
George R. Jenkins
*1897, 1621 Wesley Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
Arthur S. Van Duesen
*1898, 1570-74 Ashland Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
Harvey B. Hurd
*1898, 1827 Asbury Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
John R. Woodridge
*1898, 1330 Church Street,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
John Taylor Pirie, Jr.
*1898, 930 Michigan Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
John E. Nolan
*1898, 1228 Oak Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
William G. Sherer
*1898, 1217 Ridge Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for Chancellor
Livingston Jenks, Jr.
*1898-99, 1401 Davis Street,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
Harlow N. Higinbotham
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*1898-99, 1411-15 Davis Street,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
Harlow N. Higinbotham
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*1898-99, 1606 Wesley Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
Harlow N. Higinbotham
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*Phoebe Apperson Hearst Campus Plan Competition for
University of California, Berkeley
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(1898–99) – Hunt Entry.
*1899, 1140 Forest Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
James A. Lawrence
*1899, 1032-34 Michigan Avenue,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
Nina Drain
*1901, 815-817 Monroe Street,
Evanston, Illinois
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, for
Michael L. O'Malia
*1902, Potter Hotel
Santa Barbara, California
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.
*1903, 201 Garfield Street,
Harvard, Illinois
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History
The original owners of the la ...
, for
Harvard mayor William D. Hall
Hunt and Grey (1903–1910)
Hunt and Grey, Architects—the partnership firm with
Elmer Grey
Elmer Grey, FAIA (April 29, 1872 – November 14, 1963) was an American architect and artist based in Pasadena, California. Grey designed many noted landmarks in Southern California, including the Beverly Hills Hotel, the Huntington Art Gall ...
, from 1903 to 1910.
*
Mount Wilson Observatory
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The observat ...
and complex (1904–1913) – for the Carnegie Institution, on
Mount Wilson in the
San Gabriel Mountains
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of
Southern California
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.
*James Waldron Gillespie House (design 1902) –
Montecito, California.
El Fureidis
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, designed by
Bertram Goodhue
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue (April 28, 1869 – April 23, 1924) was an American architect celebrated for his work in Gothic Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival design. He also designed notable typefaces, including Cheltenham and Merrymount for ...
, was built on site in 1906.
*Myron Hunt house, 200 North Grand Avenue,
Pasadena, California
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I ...
(1905)
*Montecito Hot Springs Hotel (1905–1906) –
Montecito, California.
*Wentworth Hotel (1905–1907) –
Pasadena, California
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I ...
.
*Polytechnic Elementary School (1909) –
Pasadena, California
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I ...
.
*Throop Polytechnic Institute, Campus Plan (1907–1908) – present day
California Institute of Technology
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campus,
Pasadena, California
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I ...
.
*Westmoreland Place House (1909) –
Pasadena, California
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I ...
(with Greene and Greene-designed gates).
*Gartz Court (1910) –
Pasadena, California
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I ...
.
Myron Hunt office (1910–1920)
Myron Hunt, Architect—the firm of Myron Hunt, from 1910 to 1920.
*
Mabel Shaw Bridges Hall of Music, "Little Bridges" (1915) –
Pomona College
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,
Claremont, California.
*
Ambassador Hotel (1919–1921) –
Wilshire Boulevard
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,
Los Angeles, California
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(demolished).
*
First Congregational Church of Riverside
The First Congregational Church of Riverside is a historic United Church of Christ church at 3504 Mission Inn Avenue in Riverside, California. It was designed by Myron Hunt, and built in 1913. It was added to the National Register in 1997.
It is ...
(1913) – Mission Inn Avenue,
Riverside, California
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.
*Hotel Maryland (1903–1904),
Pasadena, California
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I ...
*
The Huntington Hotel – Oak Knoll,
Pasadena, California
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I ...
.
*
Huntington Mansion (1907–1910) – for
Arabella
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Performance history
It was first performed on 1 July 1933 at the Dr ...
and
Henry E. Huntington, San Marino Ranch,
San Marino, California
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.
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*Huntington Library
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(1919) – Arabella and Henry E. Huntington, San Marino Ranch, San Marino, California
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.
*Mary Stewart House (1918) – Montecito, California.
*Occidental College
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– Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California
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, master plan; Hunt remained principal architect to 1940.
* Kellogg Ranch – estate residence and equestrian stables near Pomona, California
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, on present day California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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campus.
*Villa Carlotta
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(1917) – for Anna and Francis Raymond Welles, Altadena, California
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.
*1913, 1727 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, California
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. Standard Oil Company Sales Department Building.
Hunt and Chambers (1920–1947)
Hunt and Chambers, Architects—the partnership firm with Harold Coulson Chambers, from 1912 to 1947. Chambers started working with Hunt as a draftsman in 1907, and worked his way to becoming a Partner in 1920.
*San Marcos Hotel (1912–1913) – Chandler, Arizona
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.
*Amelia Seibert House (1912) – Oak Knoll, Pasadena, California
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I ...
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*Red Hill Country Club (1922) – Rancho Cucamonga, California
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.
*Malaga Cove Library—Palos Verdes Public Library and Art Gallery (designed 1923, built 1928–1930), at 2400 Via Campesina, Palos Verdes Estates, California
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, on the National Register of Historic Places.
* Rose Bowl (1922) - Pasadena, California
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*Pasadena Central Library (1924) – Pasadena Civic Center District, Pasadena, California
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I ...
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*Point Loma Hotel Project (1924) – Point Loma
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, San Diego, California
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.
*La Arcada Plaza (1926) – State Street, Santa Barbara, California
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.
*County National Bank Building (1924–1927) – Santa Barbara, California
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.
* Flintridge Biltmore Hotel (1927) – La Cañada Flintridge, California
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.
* Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. House (1927) – Palos Verdes Estates, California
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.
*W.S. Weith House (1927) – Beverly Hills, California
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.
*Redlands Community Hospital (1927) – Redlands, California.
*100 Los Altos Dr. (1928) – Pasadena, California
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I ...
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*I. Magnin
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Department Store (1939) – Wilshire Boulevard
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, near Bullocks Wilshire
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, Mid-Wilshire
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Geography
City of Los Angeles bound ...
district of Los Angeles, California
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.
*I. Magnin
I. Magnin & Company was a San Francisco, California-based high fashion and specialty goods luxury department store. Over the course of its existence, it expanded across the West into Southern California and the adjoining states of Arizona, Oregon, ...
Department Store (1939) – Wilshire Boulevard
Wilshire Boulevard is a prominent boulevard in the Los Angeles area of Southern California, extending from Ocean Avenue in the city of Santa Monica east to Grand Avenue in the Financial District of downtown Los Angeles. One of the principal ...
, Beverly Hills, California
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(present day Saks Fifth Avenue).
*Huntington Memorial Hospital Huntington may refer to:
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* Huntington, Nova Scotia
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* Huntington, New Zealand a suburb in Hamilton, New Zealand
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* Huntington, Cheshire, England
* Huntington, East Lothian, Scotland
* Huntington, ...
(Main Building, 1940) – Pasadena, California
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I ...
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*Encino Hacienda (1941) – Encino, San Fernando Valley
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, Los Angeles, California
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.LA Curbed: Encino Hacienda
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