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Colonial American architect
Munday's simple plans for Ayrault House, 1739
Munday's door hood on the Ayrault House
Sabbatarian Meeting House (
Newport Historical Society building today)
Richard Munday (c.1685-1739) was a prominent
colonial American architect and builder in
Newport, Rhode Island .
Munday built several notable public buildings in Newport between 1720 and 1739 helping to modernize the city.
Christopher Wren 's church of St. James at Piccadilly in
London, England , and
Old North Church in Boston, are believed to have greatly influenced Munday's
baroque style. Munday also built many
Georgian houses in Newport and was a parishioner at
Trinity Church . Few details about his life have survived.
Works by Munday
Old Colony House , 1739, a U.S.
National Historic Landmark (NHL)
Sabbatarian Meeting House (currently home of the
Newport Historical Society ), 1729
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Trinity Church, Newport , 1725, also an NHL
Daniel Ayrault house, Newport, 1739-40 (built with Benjamin Wyatt)
Malbone Castle and Estate , 1739-40 (resembled Colony House, destroyed in 1766 fire)
Malbone town house, 1729 (demolished)
Jahleel Brent House, (possible contributor)
John Gidley House, (possible contributor)
External links and references
James D. Kornwolf, Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf, Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America, (JHU Press, 2002), pg. 1026
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Preservation Society pictures of Munday's works
Antoinette F. Downing, Early Homes of Rhode Island (Richmond, VA: Gt: 1937)
A. F. Downing & V.J.Scully, The Architectural Heritage of Newport Rhode Island 1640-1915 (NY: Bramhill, 1967)
Henry Russell Hitchcock, Rhode Island Architecture , (Providence: Mus. Pres., 1939)