Alfred Clas (1859 - 1942) was an architect in

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. He was a partner in the firm

Ferry & Clas Ferry & Clas was an architectural firm in Wisconsin. It designed many buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. George Bowman Ferry (1851 - 1918) and Alfred Charles Clas (1859 - 1942) were partners. The partners ...

with George Bowman Ferry and in 1913 Alfred C. Clas partnered with his son Reuben F. Clas and with John S. Shepherd, as junior partners, to form the firm of Clas, Shepherd & Clas. Shepherd withdrew in 1931 and the firm became Clas & Clas, Inc., with Alfred Clas remaining president until his death in 1942. Clas was born in

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, Wisconsin.(architecture).
Retrieved 13 December 2011. He and Ferry were responsible for much of the city planning and development that was happening at the time." Alfred C. Clas" Retrieved 13 December 2011 Clas was a City Planner and a member of City Park Board and designed the Milwaukee Auditorium and other public buildings. The City of Milwaukee commemorated a park in Clas's name in appreciation of his work as a city planner. Alfred C. Clas Park is located in Milwaukee County, just off N. 9th St and Wells St (Latitude: 43.0405556, Longitude: -87.9238889).(county parks).
Retrieved 13 December 2011. He partnered with Ferry from 1890 until Ferry 1912. Clas Park on the southern side of the

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is named for him. CarnivalColumn1900

He was a member of the

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. The

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at 2000 West Wisconsin Avenue in Milwaukee was the first project of the Ferry & Clas partnership and was completed in 1892. In 1912 his A Scheme for the Improvement of the Milwaukee River was published. His speech Civic Improvement in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; An Address Delivered before the Greater Milwaukee Association, December 14, 1916 was also published. The Milwaukee Public Library has a portrait of him.

Works

For works by the partnership with George Ferry see Ferry and Clas *

Freethinkers' Hall Freethinkers Hall, also known as Park Hall, is a meeting hall in Sauk City, Wisconsin. Designed by Alfred Clas, Freethinkers Hall was built in 1884 for the local Freethinkers congregation, or ''Freie Gemeinde'' in German. The congregation had ...

(1884), 309 Polk St.,

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NRHP-listed * Bernard Joseph Eiring House (1888) * Emanuel and Clara Adler House (1888), 1681 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, aka Emanuel D. Adler House, NRHP-listed * Saint James Court Apartments (1895 design, built in 1903) * Midsummer Carnival Shaft (1900) * Alfred C. Clas Home at 2348 N. Terrace Avenue in Milwaukee (his house in retirement). *Peter and Mattie Reiss House (1906) in

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* Lake Park pavilion (1908) in Milwaukee * Sauk City High School (1916) at 713 Madison St. NRHP listed * Earle House (1924) in Sarasota, Florida *

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(1926) at 1970 Main Street in Sarasota, Florida. NRHP listed (Clas & Shepard) Shepherd? * Hotel Whiting (1923), now the Whiting Place Apartments, at 1408 Strongs Avenue in

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, Wisconsin * Columbus Fireman's Park Complex, 1049 Park Ave. Columbus, WI NRHP listed * Tripoli Temple (1928) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Clas, Shepherd & Clas) * Hutchinson Memorial Library (1936) at 228 N. High St.

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Clas & Clas, Inc. NRHP listed (Clas & Clas Inc.) *

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, 2200 W. Kilbourn Ave.

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Clas, Shepartd & Clas, et al. NRHP listed *

West Wing, 2200 W. Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee, WI (Clas, Shepard & Clas, et al.) NRHP-listed

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clas, Alfred 20th-century American architects 19th-century American architects 1859 births 1942 deaths Architects from Milwaukee People from Sauk City, Wisconsin