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George F. Loring

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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.
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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
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to George and Harriet Abba (Stoodley) Loring. He was educated in the public schools, with supplementary classes in the free drawing school of the
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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
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Loring died February 1, 1918, in Somerville at the age of 66. He was a distant relative of fellow Boston architect
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This partnership continued until Loring's death in 1918. Phipps continued to practice until his own death in 1921.
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Historic Address by Brother Aaron Sargent at the Dedication of the Masonic Apartments in Somerville
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Loring married in 1873 to Sarah Frances Johnson of Somerville, a descendant of
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Somerville, Past and Present: An Illustrated Historical Souvenir
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Boston of To-day: A Glance at its History and Characteristics
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Greenwich Avenue Historic District NRHP Registration Form
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until 1902, before changing careers. Their third child,
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George Fullington Loring was born March 26, 1851, in
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Others contribute to listed historic districts. 993:Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston 803:More recently the William Barton Rogers School. 293:(1892–93 and 1898–99, demolished 1953 and 1974) 892:The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography 1073:(New York: Suburban Publishing Company, 1894) 8: 840:(Cambridge: Murray and Emery Company, 1917) 783:Northwestern Connecticut Community College 561:Stickney Building and Masonic Apartments, 248:Stickney Building and Masonic Apartments, 29: 18: 917: 915: 885: 883: 816: 774: 516: 938:"National Register Information System" 794:More recently known as Central School. 826: 824: 822: 820: 177:Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7: 1290:"The Brae Burn Country Club House," 1212:American Architect and Building News 1122:51, no. 9 (September 14, 1895): 228. 943:National Register of Historic Places 867: 865: 863: 861: 220:National Register of Historic Places 210:in the firm of Loring & Leland. 1197:History of Weymouth, Massachusetts 388:(1898, burned and demolished 1971) 333:George W. Durell School (former), 14: 1215:68, no. 1278 (June 23, 1900): xi 746: 727: 711: 692: 676: 660: 641: 625: 609: 589: 570: 554: 538: 519: 413:Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts 1413:36, no. 31 (July 31, 1915): 55. 1131:"Loring, George Fullington" in 889:"Loring, George Fullington" in 849:"Loring, George Fullington" in 501:Burlington Town Hall (former), 510:Gallery of architectural works 466:Everett Central Fire Station, 1: 1264:24, no. 1 (January 1902): np. 1261:American School Board Journal 927:27, no. 3 (March 1918): viii. 906:Class Book: 25th Anniversary 35:George F. Loring, circa 1896 306:Havemeyer School (former), 265:Miner Hall and Paige Hall, 151:Loring was a descendant of 1456: 1296:27, no. 5 (May 1905): 126. 758:Bridgewater, Massachusetts 754:William H. McElwain School 700:House for George F. Loring 683:Hopkinton Public Library, 496:Bridgewater, Massachusetts 492:William H. McElwain School 444:West Newton, Massachusetts 365:House for George F. Loring 357:Hopkinton Public Library, 1209:"Building Intelligence," 1116:"School Building Notes," 921:"Publisher's Department, 704:Somerville, Massachusetts 634:Somerville, Massachusetts 632:George W. Durell School, 563:Somerville, Massachusetts 547:Somerville, Massachusetts 531:Somerville, Massachusetts 527:Somerville Public Library 503:Burlington, Massachusetts 369:Somerville, Massachusetts 335:Somerville, Massachusetts 250:Somerville, Massachusetts 243:Somerville, Massachusetts 236:Somerville, Massachusetts 232:Somerville Public Library 73:Somerville, Massachusetts 28: 852:Who's Who in New England 832:Katharine Peabody Loring 685:Hopkinton, Massachusetts 582:Middleton, Massachusetts 401:Athens School (former), 359:Hopkinton, Massachusetts 291:Brookline, Massachusetts 260:Middleton, Massachusetts 98:George Fullington Loring 23:George Fullington Loring 871:"Loring, George F." in 830:Charles Henry Pope and 739:Stoneham, Massachusetts 735:Stoneham Public Library 433:Stoneham, Massachusetts 429:Stoneham Public Library 403:Weymouth, Massachusetts 396:Stoneham, Massachusetts 386:Weymouth, Massachusetts 128:under the direction of 1430:Architects from Boston 1293:Carpentry and Building 781:Now a building of the 618:Greenwich, Connecticut 602:Medford, Massachusetts 545:Odd Fellows Building, 486:Everett, Massachusetts 475:Everett, Massachusetts 468:Everett, Massachusetts 461:Walpole, Massachusetts 451:Harvard, Massachusetts 440:Brae Burn Country Club 423:Westerly, Rhode Island 308:Greenwich, Connecticut 301:Everett, Massachusetts 287:Edward Devotion School 271:Medford, Massachusetts 241:Odd Fellows Building, 948:National Park Service 720:Boston, Massachusetts 669:Montclair, New Jersey 425:(1902–03, demolished) 409:Hyde Park High School 376:Boston, Massachusetts 342:Montclair, New Jersey 318:Montclair, New Jersey 314:Montclair High School 204:Charles Greely Loring 185:Ralph Stoodley Loring 55:Boston, Massachusetts 653:Winsted, Connecticut 578:Flint Public Library 419:Westerly High School 392:Stoneham High School 382:Weymouth High School 352:Winsted, Connecticut 281:Athol, Massachusetts 262:(1890–91, NRHP 2002) 256:Flint Public Library 130:George Hollingsworth 1410:American Contractor 457:Walpole High School 328:Ware, Massachusetts 297:Everett High School 226:Architectural works 100:(1851–1918) was an 1067:Henry Whittemore, 667:Glenfield School, 616:Havemeyer School, 505:(1915, demolished) 473:Masonic Building, 453:(1905, demolished) 340:Glenfield School, 320:(1892, demolished) 303:(1892–93 and 1905) 283:(1892, demolished) 252:(1888, demolished) 245:(1885, demolished) 238:(1884, demolished) 181:Earle & Fisher 16:American architect 1407:"Boston, Mass.," 991:Keith N. Morgan, 924:Western Architect 498:(1912, NRHP 2013) 482:Woodlawn Cemetery 435:(1904, NRHP 1984) 371:(1895, NRHP 1989) 277:Athol High School 172:large family home 95: 94: 1447: 1414: 1405: 1399: 1388: 1382: 1371: 1365: 1354: 1348: 1337: 1331: 1320: 1314: 1303: 1297: 1288: 1282: 1271: 1265: 1256: 1250: 1239: 1233: 1222: 1216: 1207: 1201: 1193: 1187: 1176: 1170: 1159: 1153: 1142: 1136: 1129: 1123: 1114: 1108: 1097: 1091: 1080: 1074: 1065: 1059: 1053: 1047: 1036: 1030: 1019: 1013: 1002: 996: 989: 983: 972: 966: 958: 952: 951: 934: 928: 919: 910: 902: 896: 887: 878: 869: 856: 847: 841: 837:Loring Genealogy 828: 804: 801: 795: 792: 786: 779: 750: 731: 718:Masonic Temple, 715: 696: 680: 664: 645: 629: 613: 598:Tufts University 593: 574: 558: 542: 523: 449:Harvard School, 374:Masonic Temple, 324:Ware High School 267:Tufts University 208:Joseph D. Leland 138:Stephen C. Earle 134:George A. 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Index


Boston, Massachusetts
Somerville, Massachusetts
architect
Boston
Massachusetts
Boston
Lowell Institute
George Hollingsworth
George A. Clough
Stephen C. Earle
Thomas Loring
Hingham
Edward Johnson
Woburn
large family home
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Earle & Fisher
Ralph Stoodley Loring
Idaho
California
Charles Greely Loring
Joseph D. Leland
National Register of Historic Places
Somerville Public Library
Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville, Massachusetts
Somerville, Massachusetts
Flint Public Library
Middleton, Massachusetts

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