Ramsey County History — Winter 2000: “A Water Tower, a Pavilion and Three National Historic Sites: Clarence Wigington and the Architectural Legacy He Left to the People of St. Paul”

A Water Tower, a Pavilion and Three National Historic Sites: Clarence Wigington and the Architectural Legacy He Left to the People of St. Paul

Author: David V. Taylor

Clarence Wesley “Cap” Wigington was the first licensed African-American architect in Minnesota, whose career with the City of Saint Paul extended for more than three decades. Three of the buildings he designed are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Highland Park Water Tower, the Harriet Island Pavilion, and the Holman Airfield Administration Building. He also designed seven of the St. Paul Winter Carnival Ice Palaces as well as the Como Park Elementary School.

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