Clarence H. Johnston, Sr.

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Clarence H. Johnston Sr. (born 1859 — died December 29, 1936 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) was an American architect, active in Saint Paul and in Morris, Minnesota. In 1877 Johnston entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a special architectural student. Four years later he went abroad, traveling in Europe and Asia Minor. Upon returning to the United States, he settled in New York and while there founded the Sketch Club which later became the Architectural League. In 1886 Mr. Johnston established his own practice in Saint Paul. Five years later he was retained by the State Board of Control, preparing plans for the Minnesota State Prison and other institutions. He was architect for the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota and drew plans for all buildings on the new campus and some on the older portion. He was a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a past president and director of the Minnesota chapter.

Johnston's son, Clarence Johnston Jr., was also an architect. He designed Coffman Memorial Union and other buildings within the University of Minnesota system.

Contents 1 Notable works 1.1 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Campus 1.2 University of Minnesota, Saint Paul Campus 1.3 Other buildings

[edit] Notable works

[edit] University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Campus

• Child Development and Folwell Hall, part of the University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District
• Collaborator with Cass Gilbert on the Northrop Mall
• Northrop Auditorium
• Walter Library
• Williams Arena

[edit] University of Minnesota, Saint Paul Campus

• Haecker Hall (Dairy Husbandry)
• Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Building
• Coffey Hall
• McNeal Hall
• Eastcliff (mansion), the residence of the president of the University of Minnesota.

[edit] Other buildings

• Minnesota State Fair Grandstand
• Burbank-Livingston-Griggs House, 432 Summit Ave., Saint Paul
• 976 Summit Ave., Saint Paul
• Pierce and Walter Butler House, 1345-1347 Summit Ave., Saint Paul
• Henry Byllesby Row House, Saint Paul
• Saint Paul Academy, lower school building, formerly the Summit School for Girls
• Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Administration Building, Faribault, Minnesota
• Glensheen Historic Estate, Duluth, Minnesota
• Duluth State Normal School buildings, now the University of Minnesota Duluth lower campus
• Several buildings of the University of Minnesota Morris, dating back to its foundation as West Central School of Agriculture and Experiment Station Historic District
• Saint Paul Central High School, 1912 building at Marshall Ave and Lexington Parkway.
• Minnesota Humanities Center (Formerly Dowling Memorial Hall on the Gillette Children's Hospital Campus at Phalen Lake), 1924. Building at 987 Ivy Avenue East in St. Paul, Minnesota