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Clarence “Cap” Wigington: First Black Person to Serve as a Municipal Architect in the United States

Clarence 'Cap' Wigington was the first black person to serve as a municipal architect in the United States. Wigington is responsible for some of St. Paul's most iconic public buildings. Wigington was born in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1883, but his family soon moved to Omaha, where he was raised in North Omaha's Walnut Hill neighborhood. […]

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