Loren L. Rand Explained

Loren L. Rand
Birth Date:	23 December 1851
Birth Place:	Amesbury, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:	Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Education:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation:	Architect
Children:	3

Loren Leighton Rand (December 23, 1851 - October 6, 1935) was an American architect.

Biography

Loren L. Rand was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts on December 23, 1851.^[1] He married Luanna O. Rice on September 25, 1876, and they had three children.^[2]

He graduated from MIT and became an architect in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Minneapolis, Minnesota before settling in Spokane, Washington in 1888.^[3] He designed the NRHP-listed Hotel Upton in Spokane.^[4] With John K. Dow, he designed the NRHP-listed Bump Block-Bellevue House-Hawthorne Hotel.^[5]

He died at his home in Spokane on October 6, 1935.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Loren Leighton Rand (Architect) . Pacific Coast Architecture Database . University of Washington . December 29, 2019.
2. Book: Durham, Nelson Wayne . History of the City of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time . 3 . . 164–167 . 1912 . 2021-10-26 . Google Books.
3. News: L. R. Rand, 83, Architect, Dies . 2021-10-26 . . October 7, 1935 . 1 . Newspapers.com.
4. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=94000798}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hotel Upton ]. National Park Service. John W. W. Mann . 1994 . December 29, 2019. With
5. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=00000977}} National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Bump Block--Bellevue House--Hawthorne Hotel ]. National Park Service. Stephen Emerson . April 2000 . December 29, 2019. With