Donn Barber
American architect (1871–1925)
Donn Barber
Born (1871-10-19 ) October 19, 1871Died May 29, 1925(1925-05-29) (aged 53) Nationality American Education Occupation Architect Known for Spouse
Elsie Yandell (1874–1939)
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m. )
Relatives Louise Serpa Honors FAIA
Donn Barber FAIA (October 19, 1871 – May 29, 1925) was an American architect.[ 1] [ 2]
Biography
Elsie Yandell (1874-1939)
Donn Barber was born on October 19, 1871, in Washington, D.C. , the son of Charles Gibbs Barber and his wife, Georgiana Williams. Barber was a grandson of Hiram Barber .[ 3]
He studied at Holbrook Military Academy in Ossining, New York , and graduated from Yale University in 1893, where he was chairman of the campus humor magazine, The Yale Record ,[ 4] and a member of the Berzelius Society .
After Yale, he took post-graduate architectural courses at Columbia University , and at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Paul Blondell and Scellier de Gisors. He was the ninth American student to receive a diploma.
After returning to America, he apprenticed in the offices of Carrere & Hastings , Cass Gilbert and Lord & Hewlett . Around 1900, he established his own firm. In 1923, Barber was elected an Associate member of the National Academy of Design .
In 1899 Barber married Elsie Yandell of Louisville, the sister of sculptor Enid Yandell .
Barber died on May 29, 1925, in Manhattan, New York City .[ 1] [ 2]
Work
Barber's built work includes:
Terminal Station , built 1908, 1434 Market St., Chattanooga, Tennessee, NRHP-listed[ 5]
Berzelius Society building, Yale University , New Haven, Connecticut , 1910
Connecticut State Library and Supreme Court Building , built 1908–1910, 231 Capitol Ave., Hartford, CT (with E.T. Hapgood) NRHP-listed[ 5]
Lotos Club , 110 West 57th Street, New York, New York, 1909[ 6]
Village Hall, 16–20 Croton Avenue, Ossining, New York , 1914
Travelers Tower , downtown Hartford, Connecticut , 1919
the New York Cotton Exchange , at 3 Hanover Square in Manhattan , 1923 (from a 1912 competition design)[ 7]
Capital City Club , 7 Harris St., NW, Atlanta, Georgia, NRHP-listed[ 5]
The Hartford Times Building , downtown Hartford, Connecticut , 1920.
The Hartford Aetna National Bank, Aetna Life Insurance, in Hartford
The Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C.
and in Manhattan: the National Park Bank , the Mutual Bank, the Institute of Musical Art .[ 1]
Gallery
References
^ a b c "Donn Barber" . Time magazine . June 8, 1925. Archived from the original on June 6, 2008.
^ a b "Donn Barb Dies In His Sleep At 53. Eminent Architect, Designer of the New Broadway Temple. President of New York Architectural League" . The New York Times . May 30, 1925.
^ The National cyclopaedia of American biography: being the history of United ... by James Terry White, Raymond D. McGill, H. A. Harvey, page 379
^ "Donn Barber". Obituary Record of Yale Graduates 1924-1925 . New Haven: Yale University. August 1, 1925. p. 1492.
^ a b c "National Register Information System" . National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . March 13, 2009.
^ Architecture, Volume 19, number 6, page 81
^ The Commercial and Financial Chronicle, Volume 113, Issue 2, page 2150
External links
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