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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =Alexander V. Vice Clubbs
| image_name =A v clubbs.jpg
| image_size =225px
| children =[[Occie Clubbs]]<br/>[[Lily Clubbs]]<br/>Two other daughters<br/>Four sons
}}
'''Alexander V. Vice Clubbs''' ([[1844]]–[[1915]]), better known as '''A. V. Clubbs''', was a prominent Pensacolian in the latter 19th and early 20th centuries. He was a well-known builder, community leader, and patron of education.
Clubbs was born [[August 26]], [[1844]] in Rochester, New York. He arrived in Pensacola in 1866 and went to work as a carpenter at the [[Pensacola Navy Yard]]. Clubbs later went into business for himself, and eventually became one of most prominent builders in the area, building the Old [[Pensacola Opera House|Opera House]] on [[Jefferson Street]] and the [[Clubbs Building]] on [[Government Street|Government]] and [[Palafox Street]]s, as well as many early area schools.
