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Alfred Clas 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, 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.
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- 1 2 Kirchhoff & Rose Milwaukee County Historical Society
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ "Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Factory No. 7". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 2020-12-23.
- ↑ Mary Ellen Wietczykowski (August 6, 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: All Saints' Episcopal Cathedral Complex". National Park Service . Retrieved March 29, 2018. With three photos from 1984.
- ↑ "Mount Olive Lutheran Church". Wisconsin Historical Society. January 2012. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
