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George F. Loring

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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

George Fullington Loring (1851–1918) was an architect from Boston, Massachusetts.

Life and career

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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

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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 Greely Loring, partner of Joseph D. Leland in the firm of Loring & Leland.[1]

Legacy

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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

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Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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.