Johnston, Clarence H. (Clarence Howard), 1859-1936

Clarence Johnston was born in Waseca County MN. After apprenticeship training in architecture in the St. Paul offices of A. Radcliffe and E.P. Bassford, Johnston studied architecture at MIT and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Johnston worked for Herter Brothers, and C.B. Atwood in New York City, where he also helped found the New York Sketch Club (later known as the Architectural League of New York). In 1883, Johnston opened an office in St. Paul, and had a partnership for a time with William H. Willcox. Johnston became a Fellow of the AIA in 1889, and in 1901 becaue an Architect to the State Board of Control, in which capacity he designed dozens of state-owned buildings. Johnston was also appointed architect to the Board of Regents of the Univ. of Minn. and was responsible for many buildings erected between 1904 and 1936.

Clarence Howard Johnston, Jr. succeeded his father in the firm and maintained it until his death in 1960. Many designs executed after about 1930 are by Johnston, Jr.

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