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for William Alciphron Boring
American, 1859 - 1937
As the son of a builder, it is not surprising that William Boring became an architect. However, he did not directly arrive at that conclusion. Boring briefly attended the architecture school of the University of Illinois before moving to California in 1882, where he worked as a draftsman. In 1886 he attended the Columbia University School of Architecture, then in the following year he left for Paris, Boring where he continued his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
Boring had returned to the United States by 1890, when he worked briefly in the New York offices of McKim, Mead and White. He then formed his own architectural practice in partnership with Edward L. Tilton. The firm of Boring and Tilton specialized in public building. Perhaps, the outstanding example of their designs of this type is the United States Immigration Station of Ellis Island, New York, on which they worked from 1895 to 1902.
Having taught architecture at several colleges, Boring became a professor at Columbia University's School of Architecture in 1915, and in 1931, the School's first dean.
Boring was essentially a resident of New York, but spent the months from May to October in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Boring had returned to the United States by 1890, when he worked briefly in the New York offices of McKim, Mead and White. He then formed his own architectural practice in partnership with Edward L. Tilton. The firm of Boring and Tilton specialized in public building. Perhaps, the outstanding example of their designs of this type is the United States Immigration Station of Ellis Island, New York, on which they worked from 1895 to 1902.
Having taught architecture at several colleges, Boring became a professor at Columbia University's School of Architecture in 1915, and in 1931, the School's first dean.
Boring was essentially a resident of New York, but spent the months from May to October in New Canaan, Connecticut.
