George F. Loring

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|birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1918|2|1|1851|3|26}}

|death_place = Somerville, Massachusetts

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

Life and career

George Fullington Loring was born March 26, 1851, in Boston to George and Harriet Abba (Stoodley) Loring.Charles Henry Pope and Katharine Peabody Loring, [https://books.google.com/books?id=3AYxAAAAMAAJ Loring Genealogy] (Cambridge: Murray and Emery Company, 1917) 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."Loring, George Fullington" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=5jk1AAAAIAAJ Who's Who in New England], ed. Albert Nelson Marquis (Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Company, 1916): 684. 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."Loring, George F." in [https://books.google.com/books?id=WgRQa9f8MWgC Boston of To-day: A Glance at its History and Characteristics], ed. Edwin M. Bacon (Boston: Post Publishing Company, 1892): 296. In the latter year Loring established his own architecture practice."Loring, George Fullington" in [https://books.google.com/books?id=pVpDAQAAMAAJ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography], vol. 11 (New York: James T. White & Company, 1909): 328. In 1889 he formed a partnership with Sanford Phipps, formerly employed in the Boston office of Worcester architect Stephen C. Earle. The firm of Loring & Phipps became notable, in particular, for their designs for large school buildings throughout the northeast United States.

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.

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. 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.[https://archive.org/details/classbook25thann00mass Class Book: 25th Anniversary] (Boston: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Class of 1895): 84-85. 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.

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."Publisher's Department, [https://books.google.com/books?id=oBXnAAAAMAAJ Western Architect] 27, no. 3 (March 1918): viii. He was a distant relative of fellow Boston architect Charles Greely Loring, partner of Joseph D. Leland in the firm of Loring & Leland.

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.{{NRISref|version=2010a}} Others contribute to listed historic districts.

Architectural works

Somerville Public Library (former), Somerville, Massachusetts (1884, demolished)
Odd Fellows Building, Somerville, Massachusetts (1885, demolished)
Stickney Building and Masonic Apartments, Somerville, Massachusetts (1888, demolished)[https://archive.org/details/cu31924030280626/ Historic Address by Brother Aaron Sargent at the Dedication of the Masonic Apartments in Somerville] (Somerville: Somerville Journal Print, printers, 1888)
Flint Public Library, Middleton, Massachusetts (1890–91, NRHP 2002)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=mdl.1 MDL.1]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Miner Hall and Paige Hall, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts (1891–92)Keith N. Morgan, Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009)
Athol High School (former), Athol, Massachusetts (1892, demolished)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=ath.82 ATH.82]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Edward Devotion School, Brookline, Massachusetts (1892–93 and 1898–99, demolished 1953 and 1974)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=bkl.2529 BKL.2529]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Everett High School (former), Everett, Massachusetts (1892–93 and 1905)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=evr.159 EVR.159]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Havemeyer School (former), Greenwich, Connecticut (1892)[https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/89001215 Greenwich Avenue Historic District NRHP Registration Form] (1988)
Montclair High School (former), Montclair, New Jersey (1892, demolished)Henry Whittemore, [https://books.google.com/books?id=dxyWmrN_apIC History of Montclair Township, State of New Jersey] (New York: Suburban Publishing Company, 1894)
Ware High School (former), Ware, Massachusetts (1893)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=war.39 WAR.39]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
George W. Durell School (former), Somerville, Massachusetts (1894)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=smv.227 SMV.227]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Glenfield School, Montclair, New Jersey (1895–96)"School Building Notes," [https://books.google.com/books?id=7ZAVAAAAIAAJ School Journal] 51, no. 9 (September 14, 1895): 228.
Gilbert School (former),{{efn|name=Gilbert|Now a building of the Northwestern Connecticut Community College.}} Winsted, Connecticut (1895)"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.
Hopkinton Public Library, Hopkinton, Massachusetts (1895)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=hpk.189 HPK.189]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
House for George F. Loring, Somerville, Massachusetts (1895, NRHP 1989)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=smv.36 SMV.36]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Masonic Temple, Boston, Massachusetts (1897–99)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=bos.2309 BOS.2309]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Weymouth High School, Weymouth, Massachusetts (1898, burned and demolished 1971)[https://books.google.com/books?id=hYg-AAAAYAAJ History of Weymouth, Massachusetts], vol. 2 (Weymouth: Weymouth Historical Society, 1923)
Stoneham High School (former),{{efn|name=Stoneham|More recently known as Central School.}} Stoneham, Massachusetts (1900–01)"Building Intelligence," [https://books.google.com/books?id=QKUzAQAAIAAJ American Architect and Building News] 68, no. 1278 (June 23, 1900): xi
Athens School (former), Weymouth, Massachusetts (1901–02)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=wey.302 WEY.302]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Hyde Park High School (former),{{efn|name=Hyde|More recently the William Barton Rogers School.}} Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts (1902)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=bos.18574 BOS.18574]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Westerly High School (former), Westerly, Rhode Island (1902–03, demolished)"New Schools," [https://books.google.com/books?id=xpwhAQAAMAAJ American School Board Journal] 24, no. 1 (January 1902): np.
Stoneham Public Library, Stoneham, Massachusetts (1904, NRHP 1984)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=stn.28 STN.28]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Clubhouse, Brae Burn Country Club, West Newton, Massachusetts (1905)"The Brae Burn Country Club House," [https://books.google.com/books?id=OydPAAAAYAAJ Carpentry and Building] 27, no. 5 (May 1905): 126.
Harvard School, Harvard, Massachusetts (1905, demolished)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=hrv.222 HRV.222]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Walpole High School, Walpole, Massachusetts (1907)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=wlp.143 WLP.143]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Everett Central Fire Station, Everett, Massachusetts (1908)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=evr.1 EVR.1]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Masonic Building, Everett, Massachusetts (1910)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=evr.63 EVR.63]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Chapel, Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Massachusetts (1911)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=evr.800 EVR.800]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
William H. McElwain School, Bridgewater, Massachusetts (1912, NRHP 2013)"[https://mhc-macris.net/details?mhcid=brd.119 BRD.119]." mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Accessed June 23, 2021.
Burlington Town Hall (former), Burlington, Massachusetts (1915, demolished)"Boston, Mass.," [https://books.google.com/books?id=OSlYAAAAYAAJ American Contractor] 36, no. 31 (July 31, 1915): 55.