Richard Tylden Auchmuty (July 15, 1831 – July 18, 1893) was an officer in the

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, an architect, and philanthropist. His works were built in New York City and Massachusetts. He designed St. Mary's Episcopal Church at 230 Classon Avenue in

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and Trinity Episcopal Church at 102 Walker Street in

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, both of which are listed on the

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. His grandfather signed the Declaration of Independence. He worked for and then in partnership with James Renwick. 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. A volume of his Civil War letters was published privately. Auchmuty died of

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at home in

, on July 18, 1893. His leg was buried first and then he followed several months after at Green-Wood Cemetery.

Work

* The Dormers, his home, in Lenox * St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Brooklyn) *

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