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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.

Life and career

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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

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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

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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[a]

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Notes

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

References

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  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)