Ralph Stoodley Loring (1879-1948), known professionally as Ralph Loring, was an architect of Lewiston, Idaho.
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.Charles Henry Pope and Katharine Peabody Loring, Loring Genealogy (Cambridge: Murray and Emery Company, 1917) 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."News From the Classes," Technology Review 7, no. 2 (April 1905): 257. In 1906 he went to Lewiston as manager of a branch office for architects John E. Tourtellotte & Company."The Architects," Improvement Bulletin 32, no. 16 (March 17, 1906): 15. 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."News From the Classes," Technology Review 26, no. 6 (April 1924): 257. He practiced architecture in California for the remainder of his career.
Personal life Loring married in 1907 to Linnie Marie Hubbell of Milford, Michigan."News From the Classes," Technology Review 9, no. 4 (October 1907): 522.
Loring died May 15, 1948, at home in East San Gabriel, California at the age of 68."News From the Classes," Technology Review 51, no. 9 (July 1949): ix.
Legacy Loring was an architect of a number of buildings which have been listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places.
Works include Idaho Grocery Warehouse and Annex, 1209 Main St, Lewiston, Idaho (1907 and 1911, NRHP November 17, 1982)Idaho Grocery Warehouse and Annex NRHP Registration Form (1982) Lewiston City Hall (former), 207 3rd St, Lewiston, Idaho (1909, NRHP November 17, 1982)Lewiston City Hall NRHP Registration Form (1982) State Bank of Kamiah, ID-64 Kamiah, Idaho (1909–10, NRHP 1978)State Bank of Kamiah NRHP Registration Form (1978) Lewiston Vineyards Gates, 18th Ave and 10th St, Lewiston, Idaho (1910, NRHP 1983)Lewiston Vineyards Gates NRHP Registration Form (1983) State Bank of Kooskia, 1 S Main St, Kooskia, Idaho (1912, NRHP 1978)State Bank of Kooskia NRHP Registration Form (1978)
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