Background
Banning was born in Danielson, Connecticut in 1864.
Banning was born in Danielson, Connecticut in 1864.
He attended Rogers High School and Brown University.
He dropped out in his junior year, and began working as a draftsman for Gould & Angell, prominent Providence architects. Banning established an office in Providence in the mid-1890s. He began to specialize in public buildings, including a number of schools.
He relocated his office to Newport in 1900, and back to Providence in 1903.
This association continued until 1912, when Banning went west to San Diego, California. He continued to practice as an architect, and died there in 1940.