William Warren Boyington | |
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| Born | (1818-07-22)July 22, 1818 |
| Died | October 16, 1898(1898-10-16) (aged 80) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Chicago Water Tower |
William Warren Boyington (July 22, 1818 – October 16, 1898) was anarchitect who designed several notable structures in and aroundChicago, Illinois. He was also mayor ofHighland Park, Illinois.
Originally fromMassachusetts, W.W. Boyington studied engineering and architecture in the State ofNew York. After this, he practiced there and served in the New York State Legislature before he decided to settle and work in the emerging metropolis of Chicago, Illinois in 1853. Many of his buildings were constructed before theGreat Chicago Fire of 1871 and destroyed by it; however, theChicago Water Tower and pumping station of 1869 survived and have become well-loved landmarks.
Other buildings accredited to W.W. Boyington include: The First LaSalle Street Station, 1867-71 (cost $225,000[2]); Second Presbyterian Church, 1888 (since 1987 the Cornerstone Building) in Peoria Illinois (cost $50,000);[3] The NewState Capitol Building inSpringfield, Illinois; the firstUniversity of Chicago located at 34th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue (1859, 1863, 1865; all demolished); the first Sherman House located at Clark and Randolph Streets 1859, (demolished in 1910); residence for Washington and Jane Smith, 1870 (cost $75,000[4]), demolished; the entrance gate ofRosehill Cemetery; the old Second Baptist Church of Chicago (now the Aiken Institute); the 1864 Democratic Convention Hall; the old Chicago Board of Trade Building at the Head of LaSalle Street, 1885 (demolished in 1928 for construction ofthe present Holabird and Root Building); and the Windsor Hotels of Montreal, Canada and Denver, Colorado; theTerrace Hill Homestead (Iowa's Governor's Mansion); theHegeler Carus Mansion ofLaSalle, Illinois; Heaney's Block inRochester, Minnesota, 1866 (destroyed by fire 1917); the Milikin Bank Building (demolished) inDecatur, Illinois; the Illinois State Building for the 1893 ChicagoWorld's Columbian Exposition (demolished at the end of the fair) ;theTransfer House, 1896 in Decatur; and theJoliet Prison.[5] His Grand Pacific Hotel, 1871, was destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire as it was being completed but was rebuilt according to the original plans in 1873.[6]
Boyington died on October 16, 1898, in Highland Park, where he had moved in 1874 after having lost two residences in Chicago to fire in quick succession (the first one as a result of the Great Chicago Fire).[7] While in Highland Park he served two successive terms as mayor.[8] He is buried atRosehill Cemetery on Chicago's north side.
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