Clarence Fagan True, AIA (1860–1928) was an American architect in New York City, one of the most prolific and competent architects to work on the Upper West Side and in Harlem[2] during the last decade of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century.

The family moved to Manhattan, and by 1890, True was working in the same office building as developer Charles G.

The same year, True planned his first row houses on the West Side of New York City.

In 1891 he designed buildings at 157 and 159 West 88th Street, the low stoop row houses were each constructed for US$12,000 a piece.

[4] An additional row remains at 469–77 West 143rd Street (1893), which includes four townhouses and one five-story multifamily apartment building with commercial frontage at 1681–87 Amsterdam Avenue in Hamilton Heights, Manhattan.