George F. Loring

George F. Loring (1851-1918) was an architect from Boston, Massachusetts.

George Fullington Loring
George F. Loring, circa 1896
Born(1851-03-26)March 26, 1851
DiedFebruary 1, 1918(1918-02-01) (aged 66)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect

Life and career

George Fullington Loring was born March 26, 1851, in Boston to George and Harriet Abba (Stoodley) Loring.[1] He was educated in the public schools, with supplementary classes in the free drawing school of the Lowell Institute under the direction of George Hollingsworth.[2] From 1868 to 1882 he was employed in the city surveyor's office of Boston. From 1882 to 1884 he was employed in the office of architect George A. Clough.[3] In the latter year Loring established his own architecture practice.[4] In 1889 he formed a partnership with Sanford Phipps, formerly employed in the Boston office of Worcester architect Stephen C. Earle.[3] The firm of Loring & Phipps became notable, in particular, for their designs for large school buildings throughout the northeast United States.[4]

This partnership continued until Loring's death in 1918. Phipps continued to practice until his own death in 1921.

Personal life

Loring was a descendant of Thomas Loring of Hingham.[1]

Loring married in 1873 to Sarah Frances Johnson of Somerville, a descendant of Edward Johnson of Woburn. The couple lived in Somerville, from 1895 occupying a large family home built from Loring's design. They had four children.[1] Both of their sons followed their father into the business. His eldest son, Ernest Johnson Loring (1874-1926), attended the architectural school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1895. He worked for his father's firm from them until 1901, and for Earle & Fisher until 1902, before changing careers.[5] Their third child, Ralph Stoodley Loring (1879-1948), also attended MIT and would go on to be an architect of some note in Idaho and California.[6]

Loring was prominent in Masonic circles, and was architect of the Masonic Temple in Boston and the Masonic Apartments in Somerville. He was also a founding member of the Somerville Historical Society, now the Somerville Museum, in 1898. Mrs. Loring was also a member of the society.

Loring died February 1, 1918, in Somerville at the age of 66.[6] He was a distant relative of fellow Boston architect Charles G. Loring, partner of Joseph D. Leland in the firm of Loring & Leland.[1]

Legacy

A number of buildings designed by Loring, alone and in association with Sanford Phipps, have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.[7] Others contribute to listed historic districts.

Architectural works

Notes

  1. Now a building of the Northwestern Connecticut Community College.
  2. More recently known as Central School.
  3. More recently the William Barton Rogers School.

References

  1. Charles Henry Pope and Katharine Peabody Loring, Loring Genealogy (Cambridge: Murray and Emery Company, 1917)
  2. "Loring, George Fullington" in Who's Who in New England, ed. Albert Nelson Marquis (Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Company, 1916): 684.
  3. "Loring, George F." in Boston of To-day: A Glance at its History and Characteristics, ed. Edwin M. Bacon (Boston: Post Publishing Company, 1892): 296.
  4. "Loring, George Fullington" in The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, vol. 11 (New York: James T. White & Company, 1909): 328.
  5. Class Book: 25th Anniversary (Boston: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Class of 1895): 84-85.
  6. "Publisher's Department, Western Architect 27, no. 3 (March 1918): viii.
  7. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  8. Historic Address by Brother Aaron Sargent at the Dedication of the Masonic Apartments in Somerville (Somerville: Somerville Journal Print, printers, 1888)
  9. "MDL.1." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  10. Keith N. Morgan, Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009)
  11. "ATH.82." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  12. "BKL.2529." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  13. "EVR.159." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  14. Greenwich Avenue Historic District NRHP Registration Form (1988)
  15. Henry Whittemore, History of Montclair Township, State of New Jersey (New York: Suburban Publishing Company, 1894)
  16. "WAR.39." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  17. "SMV.227." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  18. "School Building Notes," School Journal 51, no. 9 (September 14, 1895): 228.
  19. "Loring, George Fullington" in Somerville, Past and Present: An Illustrated Historical Souvenir, ed. Edward A. Samuels and Henry H. Kimball (Boston: Samuels and Kimball, 1897): 582.
  20. "HPK.189." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  21. "SMV.36." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  22. "BOS.2309." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  23. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts, vol. 2 (Weymouth: Weymouth Historical Society, 1923)
  24. "Building Intelligence," American Architect and Building News 68, no. 1278 (June 23, 1900): xi
  25. "WEY.302." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  26. "BOS.18574." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  27. "New Schools," American School Board Journal 24, no. 1 (January 1902): np.
  28. "STN.28." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  29. "The Brae Burn Country Club House," Carpentry and Building 27, no. 5 (May 1905): 126.
  30. "HRV.222." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  31. "WLP.143." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  32. "EVR.1." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  33. "EVR.63." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  34. "EVR.800." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  35. "BRD.119." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
  36. "Boston, Mass.," American Contractor 36, no. 31 (July 31, 1915): 55.
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