Alfred Clas (1859 - 1942) was an architect in

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...

. He was a partner in the firm Ferry & Clas with

George Bowman Ferry George Bowman Ferry (1851–1918) was an architect who was a partner in the architectural firm Ferry & Clas. Biography George Bowman Ferry was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1851. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in ...

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 Sauk City, 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 Alfred Clas (1859 - 1942) was an architect in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a partner in the firm Ferry & Clas 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, ...

" Retrieved 13 December 2011 Clas was a City Planner and a member of City Park Board and designed the

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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 be ...

(1884), 309 Polk St., Sauk City, Wisconsin 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 The Saint James Court Apartments is a luxury apartment building designed by Ferry & Clas and built in 1903 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 2008, the site was added to the National Register of Historic Places. History Alfred C. Clas originally designed ...

(1895 design, built in 1903) * Midsummer Carnival Shaft (1900) * Alfred C. Clas Home at 2348 N. Terrace Avenue in Milwauke (his house in retirement). *Peter and Mattie Reiss House (1906) in Sheboygan, Wisconsin * Lake Park pavilion (1908) in Milwaukee *

Sauk City High School Sauk City High School was established in Sauk City in 1877. A building was constructed for it in 1891. Alfred Clas designed a building for the high school in 1916. State legislator and education advocate C. C. Kuntz "lived at the school". Germa ...

(1916) at 713 Madison St. NRHP listed * Earle House (1924) in Sarasota, Florida *

Crisp Building The Crisp Building is a historic office building at 1970 Main St. in Sarasota, Florida. The T. H. Crisp Company, a developer led by Thomas H. Crisp, constructed the building in 1926. The Crisp Company built many of Sarasota's homes and residential ...

(1926) at 1970 Main Street in Sarasota, Florida. NRHP listed (Clas & Shepard) Shepherd? *

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(1923), now the Whiting Place Apartments, at 1408 Strongs Avenue in Stevens Point, Wisconsin *

Columbus Fireman's Park Complex The Columbus Fireman's Park Complex consists of the Pavilion, a historic building used for many years and built by hand, the Rest Haven a building where people could use a resting place during a journey, and the Boys Scout Cabin and two gates into ...

, 1049 Park Ave.

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NRHP listed *

Tripoli Temple The Tripoli Shrine Temple is a Shriners temple built 1926-28 in the Concordia neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The building's design incorporates Moorish and Indian elements, somewhat resembling the Taj Mahal in India, and is listed on the N ...

(1928) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Clas, Shepherd & Clas) *

Hutchinson Memorial Library The Hutchinson Memorial Library is located in Randolph, Wisconsin Randolph is a village in Columbia County, Wisconsin, Columbia and Dodge County, Wisconsin, Dodge Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,811 at the 2010 United ...

(1936) at 228 N. High St. Randolph, WI Clas & Clas, Inc. NRHP listed (Clas & Clas Inc.) * Milwaukee Hospital, 2200 W. Kilbourn Ave. Milwaukee, WI Clas, Shepartd & Clas, et al. NRHP listed * Milwaukee Hospital 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