Cap Wigington: An Architectural Legacy in Ice and Stone

by David Vassar Taylor and Paul Clifford Larson

Clarence W. ("Cap") Wigington was a man of firsts--the first registered African American architect in Minnesota and the first African American municipal architect in the nation. The public buildings that he designed for the city of St. Paul are a continuing legacy, helping to define the city's character. And his achievements, both as an architect and as a leader in the state's African American community, are all the more significant given the limitations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873514157
• ISBN13: 9780873514156
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.3" x 9.4"