BARTON, Vere (1864-1923) was active in Winnipeg, Man., at first under his own name in 1905, then in partnership with H.G. Holman in 1906-07. Born in England in 1864, he arrived in Canada in 1902. In 1905 he submitted a design in the competition for St. Boniface Town Hall, but his scheme was set aside and Victor Horwood was declared the winner. No information has been found on his activity in Manitoba after 1907, but he is almost certainly the same "Vere Barton, Architect" listed in Tacoma, Washington in 1908 (Spokane City Directory, 1908, 176). He continued to practise as an architect in the town of Chehalis, Washington State until after 1920, and later died in Seattle, Wash. on 21 July 1923.
V. BARTON
(works in Winnipeg unless noted)
CARTER APARTMENTS, Hargrave Street at Assiniboine Avenue, 1905 (Winnipeg b.p. 289, 29 March 1905)
LOGAN AVENUE, at Laura Street, apartment block for W.W. McKeague, 1906 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 8 Jan. 1906, 9, illus. & descrip.)
PACIFIC AVENUE, four unit duplex, 1906 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 23 April 1906, 13, illus. & descrip.)
BLOOMFIELD BLOCK, Alexander Avenue, for A.J. Bloomfield, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 25 April 1906, 5, t.c.; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 2 May 1906, 11, illus.)
ELMWOOD HOTEL, Lemoine Avenue, for Samuel Cruickshank, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 2 May 1906, 2; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 2 May 1906, 11, illus.)
ROSLYN COURT APARTMENTS, Sherbrook Street near Notre Dame Avenue, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 9 May 1906, 5, t.c.; Free Press [Winnipeg], 6 Dec. 1906, 55)
KING STREET, at Logan Avenue, a four storey hotel for an unnamed client, 1906 (Winnipeg Tribune, 26 May 1906, 11, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xvii, 6 June 1906, 5, t.c.)
BARTON & HOLMAN
SPADINA AVENUE, at Joseph Street, residence for Crotty, Love & Co., 1906 (C.R., xvii, 3 Oct. 1906, 4, t.c.)
EASTMAN TRUNK CO., Cumberland Avenue at Donald Street, factory, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 20 March 1907, 6)
STRATHCLAIR, MAN., hotel, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 3 April 1907, 4, t.c.)
GERTRUDE AVENUE, residence for Edward H. Harrison, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 10 April 1907, 6)
V. BARTON (works in Washington State)
TACOMA, WASH., commercial block and apartments for Michael D. Coleman, North 26th Street at North Proctor Street, 1908; altered c. 1990 (C. Gallacci & B. Evans, Tacoma's Proctor District, 2007, 23, illus.)
TACOMA, WASH., residence for A.R. Thompson, in Madrona Heights, 1908-09 (Pacific Builder & Engineer [Seattle], vi, 5 Dec. 1908, 8)
TACOMA, WASH., residence for Mr. Dillan, North Oakes Street, 1909 (Pacific Builder & Engineer [Seattle], vii, 30 Jan. 1909, 15)
TACOMA, WASH., residence for Mrs. Marks, South 38th Street, 1909 (Pacific Builder & Engineer [Seattle], vii, 30 Jan 1909, 15)
TACOMA, WASH., residence for A.G. Swift, on McKinley Hill, 1909 (Pacific Builder & Engineer [Seattle], vii, 6 Feb. 1909, 15)
CHEHALIS, WASH., large bungalow residence for the architect Vere Barton, 1911 (Chehalis Bee-Nugget, 7 Dec. 1911, 7; Pacific Builder & Engineer [Seattle], xiv, 16 Dec. 1911, illus. & descrip.)
WINLOCK, WASH., Town Hall, Fire Hall & Jail, N.E. 1st Street, 1914; still standing in 2020 and now called the Winlock Historical Museum (Chehalis Bee-Nugget, 28 Aug. 1914, 9)
MOSSYROCK, WASH., major addition to the High School, 1917 (Chehalis Bee-Nugget, 25 May 1917, 9)