Background
George F. Loring was born in 1851 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
George F. Loring was born in 1851 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Formerly associated in practice with Stanford Phipps (Loring & Phipps), one of the leading Boston firms for several years. Beginning work at the age of seventeen he was employed as a draftsman in the City Surveyor’s Office from 1871 to 1882, and a few years later (1888) established a partnership with Mr. Phipps. The firm was active for a number of years planning business structures, schools, other public buildings and residences in the New England area, among which should be mentioned the Public Library and Masonic Building at Somerville, Mass.
Regarding Mr. Loring’s architectural work, one of his contemporaries wrote: His designs showed originality and artistic merit, and ... he was successful in combining beauty with inexpensive construction.”