William W. Boyington

William W. Boyington

William W. Boyington (1818-1898) was an architect who designed several notable structures in and around Chicago, Illinois. Originally from Massachusetts, W.W. Boyington studied engineering and architecture in the State of New 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 the Great Chicago Fire of 1871; however, the Chicago Water Tower and Pumping Station, designed by Boyington, survived.

Other buildings accredited to W.W. Boyington include: The New State Capitol Building in Springfield, IL; the first University of Chicago located at 34th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue (1859, 1863, 1865; all demolished); the first Sherman House located at Clark and Randolf Streets (1859, demolished in 1910); the entrance gate of Rosehill 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 of the present Holabird and Root Building); and the Windsor Hotels of Montreal, Canada and Denver, Colorado; the Terrace Hill Homestead (Iowa's Governor's Mansion); the Hegeler Carus Mansion; the Milikin Bank Building (demolished) in Decatur, IL; the Transfer House (1896) in Decatur, IL; and the Joliet Prison. [Withey, Henry F. and Elisie Withey. Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased). New Age Publishing Co: Los Angeles, 1956.]

Boyington is buried at Rosehill Cemetery.

References

*Withey, Henry F. and Elisie Withey. Biographical Dictionary of American Architects (Deceased). New Age Publishing Co: Los Angeles, 1956.


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