Ralph Loring

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Ralph Stoodley Loring
Born(1879-11-13)November 13, 1879
DiedMay 15, 1948(1948-05-15) (aged 68)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect

Ralph Stoodley Loring (1879-1948), known professionally as Ralph Loring, was an architect of Lewiston, Idaho.

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Life and career

Ralph Stoodley Loring was born November 13, 1879, in Somerville, Massachusetts to George Fullington and Sarah Frances (Johnson) Loring. His father was an architect. [1] Loring attended the public schools before entering the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating in 1901 with a degree in civil engineering. He initially worked as a draftsman.

In 1905 he went to Boise, Idaho as superintendent of reconstruction of the United States barracks in that city. [2] In 1906 he went to Lewiston as manager of a branch office for architects John E. Tourtellotte & Company. [3] This office was closed in 1910, and Loring established his own practice in Lewiston. In 1924 he relocated to Pasadena, California, becoming associated with an architecture firm there. [4] He practiced architecture in California for the remainder of his career.

Personal life

Loring married in 1907 to Linnie Marie Hubbell of Milford, Michigan. [5]

Loring died May 15, 1948, at home in East San Gabriel, California at the age of 68. [6]

Legacy

Loring was an architect of a number of buildings which have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places. [7]

Works include [lower-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. Works dated before 1910 designed as an associate of John E. Tourtellotte & Company.

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References

  1. Charles Henry Pope and Katharine Peabody Loring, Loring Genealogy (Cambridge: Murray and Emery Company, 1917)
  2. "News From the Classes," Technology Review 7, no. 2 (April 1905): 257.
  3. "The Architects," Improvement Bulletin 32, no. 16 (March 17, 1906): 15.
  4. "News From the Classes," Technology Review 26, no. 6 (April 1924): 257.
  5. "News From the Classes," Technology Review 9, no. 4 (October 1907): 522.
  6. "News From the Classes," Technology Review 51, no. 9 (July 1949): ix.
  7. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  8. Idaho Grocery Warehouse and Annex NRHP Registration Form (1982)
  9. Lewiston City Hall NRHP Registration Form (1982)
  10. State Bank of Kamiah NRHP Registration Form (1978)
  11. Lewiston Vineyards Gates NRHP Registration Form (1983)
  12. State Bank of Kooskia NRHP Registration Form (1978)