Charles I. Barber

Charles I. Barber
Born
Charles Irving Barber

(1887-10-25)October 25, 1887[1]
DeKalb, Illinois, US
DiedJune 14, 1962(1962-06-14) (aged 74)[1]
Knoxville, Tennessee, US
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania[1]
OccupationArchitect
Spouse(s)Marion Lawrence (d. 1949), Blanche Gill McKinney[1]
Parent(s)George Franklin Barber and Laura Chenney[1]

Charles Ives[2] Barber (October 25, 1887 – June 14, 1962) was an American architect, active primarily in Knoxville, Tennessee, and vicinity, during the first half of the 20th century. He was cofounder of the firm, Barber & McMurry, through which he designed or codesigned buildings such as the Church Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the General Building, and the Knoxville YMCA, as well as several campus buildings for the University of Tennessee and numerous elaborate houses in West Knoxville.[3] Several buildings designed by Barber have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The son of mail-order architect George Franklin Barber, Charles Barber studied at the University of Pennsylvania under Paul Cret, from whom he absorbed the Beaux-Arts style.[3] For most of his career, he primarily designed houses and religious structures, though he also designed schools, clubhouses and courthouses. During the 1930s and 1940s, Barber designed several structures for federal entities such as the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Civilian Conservation Corps.[3]

  1. ^ a b c d e East Tennessee Historical Society, Lucile Deaderick (ed.), Heart of the Valley: A History of Knoxville, Tennessee (Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1976), pp. 491-492.
  2. ^ Many sources, including the University of Tennessee ("Finding Aid for the Charles I. Barber Papers, 1898-1962". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-05-17.), Deaderick (Heart of the Valley), and the 1909-1910 student directory for the University of Pennsylvania list his middle name as "Irving," but in his later life, Barber himself gave it as "Ives;" his death certificate lists it as "Irwin."
  3. ^ a b c Knoxville Historic Zoning Commission, Lyons View Pike Historic District Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, c. 2002. Retrieved: 16 May 2011.