BARNES, Robert Percy (1857-1926), talented young architect from England who later moved to Montreal, then to Alberta, and then to British Columbia. He was recorded in the following firms:
R. Percy Barnes, Montreal, Que., 1892-1905
Johnson & Barnes, Edmonton, Alta., 1905 to June 1906 (with Henry D. Johnson)
R. Percy Barnes, Edmonton, Alta., June 1906 - 1909
Barnes & Gibbs, Edmonton, Alta., 1909-1914 (with C. Lionel Gibbs)
R. Percy Barnes, Edmonton, Alta. 1914-1921
R. Percy Barnes, Victoria, B.C., 1922-1925
He was born in London, England on 28 January 1857, the son of R.E. and L.S. (Fulton) Barnes. Educated at Canon Woodward's School, he articled in London with William C. Banks (in 1876-80), and then spent two years with R. Norman Shaw, a leading figure of the British architectural scene in the late Victorian era. In 1882 or 1883 Barnes emigrated to Canada and settled in Winnipeg where local directories record him as a staff member of the Audit Office of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1888 he moved to Montreal and practiced there under his own name from 1892 to 1905. He then moved to Edmonton, Alta. in 1905 and was invited by H.D. Johnson to form a partnership (see list of works under Johnson & Barnes). Their brief collaboration lasted less than a year (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 2 June 1906, 2). Barnes then opened his own office where he designed many commercial, institutional and ecclesiastical works in Edmonton and surrounding towns. From late 1909 to 1914 he was in partnership with C. Lionel Gibbs, as Barnes & Gibbs, Architects. He was one of the founding members of the Alberta Assoc. of Architects and was elected as its President in 1909. By 1920 Barnes had retired from the profession and from 1922 he resided in Victoria, B.C. He died at Strathmore, Alta. on 16 August 1926 (obituary Edmonton Journal, 17 Aug. 1926, 9; obit. R.A.I.C. Journal, iii, Nov.-Dec. 1926, 252; biog. and port. Who's Who in Canada, 1923-24, 648; inf. Architectural Inst. of British Columbia)
R. P. BARNES
PHILIPSBURG, QUE., St. Paul's Anglican Church, 1896 (Canadian Churchman [Toronto], 8 Oct. 1896, 625, descrip.)
DORVAL, QUE., St. Mark's Anglican Church, Lakeshore Drive near Brunet Avenue, 1898; altered 1958 (Montreal Daily Star, 18 June 1898, 3, illus. & descrip.; Canadian Churchman [Toronto], 7 July 1898, 425; D. Girouard, Lake St. Louis - Old & New, Supplement, 1903, 489-91, illus.)
MONTREAL, QUE., North British & Mercantile Insurance Co., St. Francois Xavier Street, major alterations, 1899 (C.R., x, 9 Aug. 1899, 2)
DIXIE, QUE., Royal Montreal Golf Club, a 'gentlemen's bungalow', racquet court, and a "Ladies Wing", a major addition and alterations to the existing clubhouse, 1899 (Gazette [Montreal], 22 April 1899, 7, descrip.; C.R., x, 14 June 1899, 3)
MONTREAL, QUE., Imperial Oil Co., Cote St. Paul, warehouse, 1899 (C.R., x, 14 June 1899, 3)
BUCKINGHAM, QUE., St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Donaldson Road near Erco Lane, 1899; still standing in 2023 (C.R., x, 14 June 1899, 3)
POINTE CLAIRE, QUE., two cottages for C.F. Lilly, 1899 (C.R., x, 14 June 1899, 3)
MONTREAL, QUE., new conservatory and greenhouses for the Forest & Stream Club, 1899 (C.R., x, 14 June 1899, 3)
WESTMOUNT, residence for A.W. Robinson, Churchill Avenue, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 14 May 1902, 8)
WESTMOUNT, residence for John Michaels, Westmount Avenue, 1902 (C.R., xiii, 8 Oct. 1902, 2, t.c.)
WESTMOUNT, residence for Prof. Emile T. Lambert, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 4 March 1903, 4, t.c.)
MONTREAL, QUE., store and apartments for George Wray, Bleury Street near St. Edouard Street, 1903 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], xxxvi, 23 Oct. 1903, 44)
MONTREAL, QUE., reconstruction after a fire of a commercial block for I.A. Jacobs, 1904 (Le Prix Courant [Montreal], week no. 44, 1904, 53)
LACHINE, QUE., extensive alterations to St. Paul's Anglican Church, 1905 (Canadian Churchman [Toronto], 30 March 1905, 204, illus. & descrip.)
(works in Edmonton unless noted)
MERCHANTS BANK OF CANADA, Jasper Avenue East at Howard Avenue, 1905 (Edmonton b.p. 80, 22 June 1905)
EDMONTON TENT & MATTRESS CO., 2nd Street, warehouse, 1906 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 10 Oct. 1906, 2, t.c.)
ST. PETER'S LUTHERAN CHURCH, 3rd Street at Nelson Street, 1906 (inf. from Dennis Person, Edmonton)
4th STREET, warehouse for Henry W. McKenney, 1906 (Edmonton b.p. 537, 28 Jan. 1907)
REVILLON BROS., 2nd Street, major addition to department store, 1906 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 27 July 1906, 10, descrip.; Edmonton b.p. 819, 6 Aug. 1906)
ST. JOACHIM'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, 10th Street near Jasper Avenue, addition and alterations to the presbytery, 1907 (Edmonton b.p. 335, 1 May 1907; Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 1 May 1907, 4, descrip. )
WINDSOR HOTEL, Jasper Avenue West at 1st Street, major addition, 1907 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 14 Nov. 1907, 11, illus. & descrip.; Edmonton b.p. 15 April 1907)
JASPER AVENUE, a hotel for Secord & York, 1907 (Edmonton b.p. 238, 30 April 1907)
BLOWEY-HENRY FURNITURE CO., Jasper Avenue East, retail store and warehouse, 1907 (Edmonton b.p. 566, 29 June 1907; Const., iii, Dec. 1909, 105-06, illus. & descrip.)
NORTH BATTLEFORD, SASK., a bank, 1907 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 4 July 1907, 4, t.c.)
MORINVILLE, ALTA., St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church, 1907 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 31 July 1907, 4; inf. from Dennis Person, Edmonton)
(with Joseph Senecal) EDMONTON GENERAL HOSPITAL, Victoria Avenue at 11th Street, for the Sisters of Charity, 1907; Power House & Laundry, 1908; addition, 1912 by Barnes & Gibbs (Edmonton b.p. 565, 29 June 1907; b.p. 114, 2 April 1908; b.p. 1327, 1912; Const., iii, Dec. 1909, 107, 109, illus. & descrip.)
IMPERIAL BANK, Jasper Avenue at McDougall Avenue, 1906-07 (Winnipeg Daily Tribune, 8 March 1906, 7, descrip.; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 14 Nov. 1907, 11, illus. and descrip.; Saturday News [Edmonton], 29 Feb. 1908, 2 and 6, descrip.)
YALE HOTEL, Jasper Avenue East, addition, 1908 (inf. from Dennis Person, Edmonton)
BARNES & GIBBS
PRINCE ALBERT, SASK., Imperial Bank, Central Avenue at 10th Street West, 1909-10 (C.R., xxiii, 27 Oct. 1909, 24; Daily Phoenix [Saskatoon], 10 Jan. 1910, 7, t.c.)
CHRIST CHURCH (Anglican), 16th Street near Athabasca Avenue, 1909 (inf. from Dennis Person, Edmonton)
ST. ANNE'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CONVENT, Picard Street near Namayo Avenue, 1909 (Catholic Register [Toronto], 23 Dec. 1909, 10, descrip.)
ARLINGTON APARTMENTS, Victoria Avenue near 5th Street, 1909 (Const., iii, Dec. 1909, 106, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 640-41, illus. & descrip.)
KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 16th Street near Jasper Avenue, 1910 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 21 Feb. 1910, 1 & 6, illus. & descrip.)
STRATHCONA, Roman Catholic College, 1910 (Edmonton b.p. 22 Aug. 1910)
ST. ALBERT, ALTA., Douville Roman Catholic Convent, 1911 (Const., iv, Nov. 1911, 44-5, illus. in advert.)
RED DEER, ALTA., Presbyterian Ladies College, 1911-12 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 5 May 1911, 1; C.R., xxvi, 6 March 1912, 66; Red Deer Advocate, 22 Nov. 1912, 1, descrip.; Red Deer News, 1 Jan. 1913, 4, descrip.)
CALEDONIA DEPARTMENT STORE, Namayo Avenue at Clara Street, 1911; major addition, 1913 (Edmonton b.p. 14 Oct. 1911; b.p. 315, 1913; Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 3 April 1912, 9, descrip.)
NORTH BATTLEFORD, SASK., Imperial Bank, Main Street, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 21 June 1911, 64)
ROBERT APARTMENTS, First Street, south of Jasper Avenue, a three storey apartment block for C.J. Robert, "...on the site presently occupied by the Windsor Hotel livery stables", 1911 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 27 June 1911, 1, descrip.)
McLEOD, ALTA., General Hospital, 1911 (C.R., xxv, 12 July 1911, 59)
CUSHING BUILDING, Namayo Avenue, conversion of the block into a rooming house with 80 rooms, for E.L. Ferris, 1912 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 3 April 1912, 9)
J.J. McLAUGHLIN BEVERAGE CO., 102A Avenue, factory, 1913 (Edmonton Journal - 10th Anniversary Number, 1913, 115, illus.)
MISERICORDIA ROMAN CATHOLIC HOSPITAL, 111 Street near 98 Avenue, laundry & power house, 1913; alterations, 1914 (C.R., xxvii, 28 May 1913, 68; Edmonton b.p. 298, 1914)
BUENA VISTA APARTMENTS, 102 Avenue at 124 Street, 1913 (Edmonton b.p. 323, 1913)
EDSON, ALTA., an 8-room public school building, 1913 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 28 April 1913, 7, t.c.)
ALL SAINT'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Fifth Street, south of Victoria Avenue, 1913 ( Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 10 May 1913, 1 & 2, descrip.)
HOLY TRINITY ANGLICAN CHURCH, First Street at Third Avenue North, major addition, 1913 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 10 May 1913, 2, descrip.)
BANK OF MONTREAL, Jasper Avenue at Howard Avenue, major alterations, 1913 (Edmonton b.p. 1349, 1913)
LOWE BLOCK, Stoney Plain Road at 124 Street, 1913 (Edmonton b.p. 2189, 1913)
McLAUGHLIN MOTORS CO., 104 Street near 100 Avenue, 1914 (Edmonton b.p. 621, 1914)
ADAMS BROTHERS, 102 Avenue near 101 Street, commercial block, 1914 (Edmonton b.p. 993, 1914)
ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH, 96 Street near 109 Avenue, 1914 (Edmonton b.p. 1027, 1914)
MERCHANTS BANK, Alberta Street at Carey Street, 1914-15 (C.R., xxviii, 16 Dec. 1914, 57)
R.P. BARNES
SAANICH, B.C., a large residence at Bradley Dyne, for an unnamed client, 1922 (Victoria Daily Times, 22 July 1922, 4)