Building a legacy: How Minnesota s first Black architect shaped St. Paul article
Clarence Wigington was the first licensed Black architect in Minnesota as well as the first African American municipal architect in the country.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - There are only about a dozen or so Black architects practicing their craft in Minnesota, but one of the men who helped build the Twin Cities was the first African American architect in the state.
Chelsea Heights Elementary School is not only where James Garrett went to school in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, it is also one of his favorite buildings designed by the man who inspired him to become an architect - a family friend he calls Uncle Cap .