Robert Palmer Huntington Jr. (January 15, 1869 – March 12, 1949) was an American

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player. He was the grandson of New York born Indiana pioneer Judge

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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

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(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

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mansion(demolished). In addition, he designed his own house in rural

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; his house there at Gravel Hill Plantation, a

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property, is his only known work south of New York.

Tennis career

An 1891 graduate from

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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

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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)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Huntington, Bob 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

Architectural career

Tennis career

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

See also

References