title: Viktor Klutho
text: # Viktor Klutho
  
  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.
  
  ## 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
  