Richard Munday

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18th Century Newport Colony House, from an early 20th century postcard

Richard Munday (c.1685-1739) was a prominent 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 Picaddily in London, England and Old North Church 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 (home of the Newport Historical Society), 1729[1]
• Trinity Church, Newport, 1725, also an NHL

External links and references

• 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)