BARBER, Charles Arnold (1848-1915), arguably the most important architect in Manitoba during the last two decades of the 19th C. He was active in the following offices:
Charles A. Barber, Winnipeg, October 1876 -1880
Barber & Bowes, Winnipeg, 1881 (with James R. Bowes)
Barber & Barber, Winnipeg, 1881-82 (with Earle W. Barber)
Barber & Kilpatrick, Winnipeg, 1882 (with David Kilpatrick)
Barber, Kilpatrick & Barber, Winnipeg, 1882 (with David Kilpatrick and Earle W. Barber)
Barber & Barber, Winnipeg, 1883-1898 (with Earle W. Barber)
Barber & Barber, Superior, Wisconsin, 1900-04 (with Earle W. Barber)
(biography in preparation)
CHARLES A. BARBER (works in Winnipeg unless noted)
McWILLIAM STREET, residence for Judge McKeagney, 1877; demol. (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 7 March 1877, t.c.)
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE LADIES SCHOOL, Aberdeen Street, a commission won in a competition, 1877; demol. 1910 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 2 May 1877, t.c.; and 21 June 1877, 3, detailed descrip.; and 18 Dec. 1877, 1 & 4, descrip.; and 7 Jan. 1878, 1, detailed descrip.; Evangelical Churchman , ii, 12 July 1877, 131, descrip.; Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 5)
MAIN STREET, retail store for William Alloway, 1877; demol. 1910 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 2 June 1877, 3, t.c.; and 18 Dec. 1877, 1)
McWILLIAM STREET, residence for the architect Charles A. Barber, 1877; demol. (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 18 Dec. 1877, 1)
CENTRAL SCHOOL, Maria Street at Ellen Street, 1877, a commission won in a competition; burned 1930 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 13 Jan. 1877, 3, detailed descrip.; and 18 Dec. 1877, 1 & 4)
NORTH WARD SCHOOL, 1877, a commission won in a competition; demol. (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 13 Jan. 1877, 3, descrip.; and 18 Dec. 1877, 4)
(attributed) HASKINS & COLQUHOUN BLOCK, Portage Avenue East at Rorie Street, 1878; addition 1881 (inf. R. Rostecki; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 22 March 1881, t.c.)
HARRIS IMPLEMENT CO., Main Street, 1879; burned 1953 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 9 June 1879, 4, t.c.)
QUEEN'S HOTEL, Portage Avenue at Notre Dame Street, 1879-80; demol. 1950 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 21 July 1879, 4, t.c.; Winnipeg Times, 30 Oct. 1880, 1)
ROBERTSON'S BLOCK (also called the Clements Block) for J. R. Clements and J. Robertson, Main Street, 1879-80; burned 1882; rebuilt; demol. 1906 (Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 11; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 4 May 1880, 2, t.c.; 6 May 1882, t.c.)
CARLTON STREET SCHOOL, in the South Ward, Graham Avenue, 1880; demol. 1903 (Winnipeg Times, 30 Oct. 1880, 1; Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 4)
ST. JOHN'S, residence for Duncan MacArthur, 1880; demol. (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 27 Jan. 1880, 4, t.c.)
PRITTIE'S TERRACE, a row of seven houses for R.W. Prittie, 1880 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 15 April 1880, 2, t.c.)
JAMES AVENUE, residence for William Harvey, 1880; demol. c.1910 (Winnipeg Times, 16 June 1880, 4, t.c.; Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 19)
O'BRIEN'S TERRACE, Hargrave Street, for James O'Brien, 1880 (Winnipeg Times, 30 Oct. 1880, 1; Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 15)
METROPOLITAN HOTEL, Market Street, addition, 1880; demol. 1962 (Winnipeg Times, 30 Oct. 1880, 1)
DONALD STREET, pair of houses for the Drummond Brothers, 1880-81; demol. 1980 (Winnipeg Times, 12 Aug. 1880, 4, t.c; Winnipeg, 1979-The Year Past, 23, illus.)
McKENZIE VILLA, Donald Street, a pair of houses for the Drummond Brothers, 1881; demol. (Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 18)
HUTCHINSON'S TERRACE, a row of four houses, Hargrave Street at Graham Avenue, 1880; demol. c. 1915 (Winnipeg Times, 30 Oct. 1880, 1; Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 17)
GREEN'S TERRACE, a row of four houses for Loftus J. Green, Arthur Street at Notre Dame Street, 1880 (Winnipeg Times, 30 Oct. 1880, 1)
ANDREW'S TERRACE, a row of four houses for George Andrew, Bannatyne Avenue at Rorie Street, 1880 (Winnipeg Times, 30 Oct. 1880, 1)
NOTRE DAME STREET WEST, residence for R.D. Bathgate, 1880 (Winnipeg Times, 30 Oct. 1880, 1)
GARRY STREET, residence for Thomas Montgomery, 1880 (Winnipeg Times, 30 Oct. 1880, 1)
ALEXANDER AVENUE, residence for Gilbert Fowler, 1880 (Winnipeg Times, 30 Oct. 1880, 1)
LOGAN AVENUE, at Maria Street, double tenement house for Albert H. Monkman, 1880 (Winnipeg Times, 30 Oct. 1880, 1)
MAIN STREET, commercial block for David Young and D.C. Kinsey, 1880 (Winnipeg Times, 30 Oct. 1880, 1)
BARBER & BOWES (works in Winnipeg unless noted)
ST. JAMES, MAN., public school, 1881 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 8 March 1881, 1)
J. NEVINS, hotel in the West Ward, 1881 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 28 March 1881, 1, t.c.)
GRAND UNION HOTEL, Margaret Street at Ross Street, 1881; burned 1894 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 14 May 1881, 1)
GERRIE BLOCK, Princess Street, 1881; demol. c. 1965 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 14 May 1881, 1; Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 10; C. Cameron & J. Wright, Second Empire Style in Canadian Architecture, 1980, 118-19, illus.)
DUNDEE BLOCK, Main Street, for the Drummond Brothers & Co., 1881; demol. 1940, 1987 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 27 May 1881, 1, t.c.; Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 9)
EMERSON, MAN., Town Hall, 1881; burned 1917 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg],15 Aug. 1881, 1, t.c.)
ARNETT'S TERRACE, Hargrave Street at Graham Street, a row of five houses for Lewis Arnett, 1881; demol. 1949 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 17 Aug. 1881, 1, t.c.; Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 16)
BARBER & BARBER (works in Winnipeg unless noted)
MANITOBA COLLEGE, Ellice Avenue at Vaughan Street, 1881-82; demol. (Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 3)
W.J. OVENS BLOCK, Bannatyne Avenue at Princess Street, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 7 March 1882, 8, t.c.)
HARGRAVE BLOCK, Main Street, 1882; demol. 1974 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 11 March 1882, 1, t.c.; Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 12)
BAWLF & BENSON BLOCK, Princess Street, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 24 March 1882, 1, t.c.; Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 8; Winnipeg, 1979-The Year Past, 45-6, illus.)
GRAHAM AVENUE, residence for Charles R. Tuttle, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 24 March 1882, 1, t.c.)
BRANDON, MAN., Merchants Bank, Eleventh Street at Rosser Avenue., 1882; demol. (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 3 April 1882, 4, t.c.)
BATHGATE BLOCK, Princess Street at Alexander Street, for William Bathgate, 1882 (Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 7)
WINK'S TERRACE, Edmonton Street, for George Winks, 1882 demol. c. 1946 (Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 14)
BARBER, KILPATRICK & BARBER (works in Winnipeg)
BIRD ESTATE BLOCK, Main Street at Bannatyne Avenue, 1882; addition 1887; demol. 1934 and c. 1971 (Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 6; Manitoba Sun [Winnipeg], 3 Feb. 1887, 4)
CARLTON STREET PUBLIC SCHOOL, major addition, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 29 April 1882, 8, t.c.)
CLEMENTS BLOCK, Main Street, rebuilding for J. Robertson after a fire, 1882 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 4 May 1882, 4, t.c.)
GRAHAM AVENUE, residence for Robert Mulvey, 1882; demol. (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 18 July 1882, 8, t.c.)
MULVEY'S BREWERY, Mulvey Avenue, 1882; demol. (Winnipeg Times, 4 October 1882, 8, t.c.)
BARBER & BARBER (works in Winnipeg unless noted)
CITY POLICE COURT, James Street at King Street, 1883; demol. 1988 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 7 May 1883, 2, t.c.; Winnipeg, 1982-The Year Past, 1983, 29-31, illus.)
WRIGHT'S BLOCK, for Archibald Wright, Main Street at William Street, 1883 (Winnipeg Sun, 21 March 1883, 1, descrip.; Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 1)
MONTREAL RUBBER CO., commercial block, Main Street at James Street (Winnipeg Sun, 21 March 1883, 1)
ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, Main Street at Church Street, 1883; demol. 1950 (Winnipeg Sun, 31 March 1883, 1, descrip; Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 12 Jan. 1884, 1, descrip.; Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 2)
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, residence for Rev. O'Meara, Dean of the College, 1883 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 12 June 1883, 5, t.c.)
COLONY STREET, residence for H.S. Crotty, 1883; demol. (Winnipeg Sun, 31 March 1883, 1)
PATTERSON'S TERRACE, Common Street at Argyle Street, 1883 (Winnipeg Sun, 31 March 1883, 1)
BOUNDARY STREET, Armstrong Point, residence for J.R. Sutherland, 1883 (Winnipeg Sun, 31 March 1883, 1)
BARBER BLOCK, for Charles A. Barber, Architect, 1883 (Architectural Views of Winnipeg, plate 13)
KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Ellice Avenue at Donald Street, 1883-84; demol. 1926 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 19 May 1883, 5, descrip.; Winnipeg Sun, 20 Oct. 1883, 2, descrip.; Winnipeg Times, 16 Aug. 1884, 1, descrip.)
MORRIS, MAN., Town Hall, 1883 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg, 30 July 1883, 3, descrip.)
(attributed) LELAND HOTEL, William Avenue at Albert Street, 1883-4; additions 1892 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 8 Oct. 1892, 3, descrip; Winnipeg, 1985-The Year Past, 1987, 55-8, illus.)
WINNIPEG CITY HALL, Main Street at William Avenue, 1883-84; demol. 1963 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 11 Sept. 1883, 5; Winnipeg Sun, 20 Oct. 1883, 21, descrip.; 13 Sept. 1884, 1, descrip; G. Brooks, Plain Facts about the New City Hall, 1884, 10-12; Early Buildings of Manitoba, 1973, 120-21, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 359-60, illus. & descrip.)
HARGRAVE STREET, residence for John K. Barrett, 1887; demol. (Winnipeg Sun, 21 July 1887, 4)
MARQUETTE, MICH., Marquette County Savings Bank, South Front Street, 1891-92 (The Mining Journal [Marquette], 18 April 1891, illus. & descrip.; K.B. Eckert, Buildings of Michigan, 1993, 491, illus.)
ASSINIBOINE AVENUE, residence for Frank Fairchild, 1892; demol. (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 8 Oct. 1892, 3)
PHILP COLD STORAGE WAREHOUSE, King Street, 1892; demol. (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 8 Oct. 1892, 3)
BOARD OF TRADE AND GRAIN EXCHANGE BUILDING, Princess Street at Jemima Street, 1892 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 8 Oct. 1892, 3, descrip. & illus.; Winnipeg, 1979-The Year Past, 49, illus.)
DENNIS BAWLF BLOCK, William Avenue, 1892; demol. (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 8 Oct. 1892, 3)
HARGRAVE STREET, at Broadway, 1893, terrace of seven houses for Charles A. Barber (C.R., iv, 23 Feb. 1893, 2)
PRESTON & NORRIS STORE, Main Street, opposite the Post Office, major addition, 1893 (Winnipeg Tribune, 3 June 1893, 4, advert.)
KENORA, ONT., large addition to the Central Hotel, Main Street at Second Street South, 1897; burned 1902 (C.R., viii, 11 Feb. 1897, 2)
KENORA, ONT., commercial block on the Chadwick property, Main Street, 1897 (C.R., viii, 25 March 1897, 2)
McINTYRE BLOCK, Main Street, 1898; demol. 1978 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 20 May 1898, 7, descrip. & Illus.)
GLADSTONE, MAN., public school, 1898 (Manitoba Free Press [Winnipeg], 27 June 1898, 5, t.c.)
BARBER & BARBER, (works in Superior, Wisconsin)
SUPERIOR, WISC., USA the 28th Street Public School, 1891 (Superior Times, 26 Sept. 1891, 3)
SUPERIOR, WISC., USA, United States Post Office, Tower Avenue at North 14th Street, commission designed in 1903; built in 1908, and still standing as of 2019 (inf. Wisconsin Historical Society)
COMPETITIONS
SUPERIOR, WISC., U.S. Government Court House, Custom House & Post Office, Tower Avenue, 1903. The office of Barber & Barber Architects were one of ten leading architects from the United States who were invited by James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect, of Washington to submit a design for the new U.S. Public Building in Superior (Superior Times, 20 June 1903, 3, list of competitors). The winner was Barber & Barber, but their refined Neoclassical scheme was not built until 1908.