William Alciphron Boring (September 9, 1859 – May 5, 1937) was an Americanarchitect noted for co-designing the Immigration Station atEllis Island inNew York harbor.
Ellis IslandThe American Seamen's Friend Society Sailors' Home and Institute, now "The Jane", a boutique hotel
Boring studied first at theUniversity of Illinois, then spent an additional year (1885) as a student atColumbia University. In 1886, he maintained a partnership in Los Angeles with architects Solomon I. Haas (1857–1945) and E.L. Caukins.[1] From 1887 to 1890, Boring studied architecture at theÉcole des Beaux-Arts in Paris along with his friendEdward Lippincott Tilton. Boring and Tilton returned to New York in 1890 to work in the office ofMcKim, Mead, and White.
In 1891, Boring and Tilton leftMcKim, Mead, and White to form their own architectural partnership. Among their notable works were the Casino in Belle Haven, Connecticut (1891) and theHotel Colorado in the resort town ofGlenwood Springs, Colorado (1891). The partnership's work culminated in the 1897 design for the new federal Immigration Station atEllis Island. This work was honored with a gold medal for Architecture at the Exposition Universelle, Paris (1900); a gold medal at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo (1901); and a silver medal at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis (1904). The partnership of Boring & Tilton ended in 1904. The men started working independently of one another but continued to share offices and equipment until 1915. In 1913, Boring was elected into theNational Academy of Design as an Associate member.[2]
In 1916, Boring joined the faculty of theColumbia School of Architecture, where he eventually became Director in 1919 and Dean from 1931 to 1932. As dean of architecture at Columbia Boring, and especially his successorJoseph Hudnut, encouraged the then-nascent modernism and incorporated studies in town planning.
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