Alfred P. Shaw

Alfred P. Shaw (May 13, 1895 – December 1, 1970) was an American architect based in Chicago, Illinois. He worked at Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, then in various partnerships, and headed his Alfred Shaw and Associates firm. He was a director for the American Institute of Architects.

Shaw was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts to Enoch Shaw and Ellen Phillips Shaw. He studied at St. John's Preparatory School in Danvers, Massachusetts and the Boston Architectural Club Atelier. and worked with Sigurd Naess at the firm.

After he was fired in 1936 following the death of Ernest Graham he formed Shaw, Naess and Murphy with Naess and C. F. Murphy. Other partnerships followed including Shaw Metz Dolio, Shaw Metz, and Alfred Shaw Associates.

Shaw served in the Aviation Section of the Army Signal Corps during World War I. He married Rue Winterbotham and had two sons Patrick and Joseph.

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