William W. Boyington
William Warren Boyington was an American architect who designed several notable structures in and around Chicago, Illinois. He was also mayor of Highland Park, Illinois.
History
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 and destroyed by it; however, the Chicago Water Tower and pumping station of 1869 survived and have become well-loved landmarks.Works
Works accredited to W.W. Boyington include:- The First LaSalle Street Station, 1867-71 in Peoria Illinois
- The New State Capitol Building in Springfield, Illinois
- the first University of Chicago located at 34th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue
- the first Sherman House located at Clark and Randolph Streets 1859,
- residence for Washington and Jane Smith, 1870, demolished
- the entrance gate of Rosehill Cemetery
- the old Second Baptist Church of Chicago
- the 1864 Democratic Convention Hall
- the old Chicago Board of Trade Building at the Head of LaSalle Street, 1885
- and the Windsor Hotel of Denver, Colorado
- the Terrace Hill Homestead
- the Hegeler Carus Mansion of LaSalle, Illinois
- Heaney's Block in Rochester, Minnesota, 1866 \
- the Milikin Bank Building in Decatur, Illinois
- the Illinois State Building for the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition
- the Transfer House, 1896 in Decatur
- and the Joliet Prison. 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.
Death