Edwin T. Banning


Edwin Thomas Banning was an American architect.

Biography

The fourth of six children, Banning was born in on May 11, 1864, Danielson, Connecticut, to Rev. Carlos and Harriet Elizabeth Banning. Natives of Newport, Rhode Island, they returned there when their son was very young. He attended Rogers [High School (Rhode Island)|Rogers High School] and Brown University. He dropped out in his junior year, and began working as a draftsman for Gould & Angell, prominent Providence architects.
Edwin Banning married Isabella Thornton on June 13, 1883 in Taunton, Massachusetts. They had one daughter, Bernice Thornton Banning. After the death of Isabella, he married Agnes Gertrude Cristadoro November 1920 in San Diego, California.
Banning established an office in Providence in the mid-1890s. He began to specialize in public buildings, including a number of schools. He relocated his office to Newport in 1900, and back to Providence in 1903. Later that year, he made his brother-in-law, Henry C. Thornton, a partner in Banning & Thornton. The association continued until 1912, when Banning went west to San Diego. He continued to practice as an architect, and died there on May 18, 1940, aged 76.

Architectural works

Edwin T. Banning, before 1903:
Banning & Thornton, 1903–1912:
Edwin T. Banning, from 1912:
  • St. Vincent R. C. Church, 4080 Hawk St., San Diego, CA - Demolished.