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Viktor Klutho

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Nationality
  
Germany, USA

Known for
  
Viktor Klutho, Architect

Viktor Klutho was an American architect of German descent, who designed a number of Catholic churches, schools, convents and rectories in Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, and elsewhere.

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Personal life

Born in Alsace-Lorraine, Klutho came to St. Louis with his family at age 12. His long career began in 1885 as a carpenter; by 1887, he had formed a partnership with Frederick Boeke known as Klutho and Boeke. In 1900, he began an independent practice of architecture and was licensed to practice architecture in Illinois by 1902.

Works include

  • Benedictine Hall, Shawnee, Oklahoma
  • St. Francis De Sales Church, St. Louis Missouri (1908)
  • The Chapel of the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand Indiana (1924)
  • St. Peter Cathedral, Belleville, Illinois
  • St. George Church, New Baden, Illinois
  • St. Joseph Church, Freeburg, Illinois

    • References

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