Orff (March 3, 1835 in Bangor – March 11, 1908), was an American architect of Bangor, Maine and Minnesota.He is buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor, Maine.
In 1861, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts to study architecture, returning to Bangor ten years later.
In 1878, he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota.His largest Bangor work may have been the Adams-Pickering Block, a Second Empire-style commercial block which was built in 1873.
He worked together with his architect brother Fremont D.
Orff, who also partnered with Edgar E.
Joralemon as Orff & Joraleman.A number of his works are listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places.Works include (with attribution):
Adams-Pickering Block, Corner of Main and Middle Sts.
Bangor, ME (Orff, George W.), NRHP-listed
Bank Block, 15 Main St.
Dexter, ME (Orff, George W.), NRHP-listed
Roscoe Hersey House, 416 S.
4th St.
Stillwater, MN (Orff, George), NRHP-listed
Pioneer Block, 401-409 Water St.
Eau Claire, WI (Orff), NRHP-listed
Jones P.
Veazie House, 88 Fountain St.
Bangor, ME (Orff, George W.), NRHP-listed
Water Street Historic District, 402-436 & 401-421 Water St.
Eau Claire, WI (Orff, George W.), NRHP-listed
Samuel Kidder Whiting House, 214 Main St Ellsworth, ME (Orff, George), NRHP-listed