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for Donn Barber
American, 1871 - 1925
Donn Barber graduated from Yale University in 1893, attended a special course at Columbia University in architecture (1893-94) and then went to Paris where he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, receiving his diploma in 1898.
Upon his return from Paris he married Else Yandell (1899) of Louisville, Kentucky, went into private practice in New York, and conducted an atelier for architectural students.
His buildings in New York include: the New York Cotton Exchange, National Park Bank Building, Mutual Bank, Lotos Club Building, Randall's Island Hospital group; National Headquarters Building, Central Branch of the YWCA; Knickerbocker Hospital and Dramatists Theatre. He also designed the Department of Justice Building, Washington, DC, and in Hartford, Conn.: the Connecticut State Library, Travelers' Insurance Building, Supreme Court Building and the Hartford National Bank Building. He also designed the Chattanooga Union Station buildings at Chattanooga, Tenn.; the Capital City Club, Atlanta, Georgia; the White Plains Hospital and many private homes. At his death he was attempting to get built his Broadway Temple, a multi-use religious building.
Barber served as editor of the New York Architect, as president of the Society of Beaux Arts Architects (1909-1910) and as president of the Architectural League. A memorial exhibition of his work was held at the Architectural League in 1925.
Upon his return from Paris he married Else Yandell (1899) of Louisville, Kentucky, went into private practice in New York, and conducted an atelier for architectural students.
His buildings in New York include: the New York Cotton Exchange, National Park Bank Building, Mutual Bank, Lotos Club Building, Randall's Island Hospital group; National Headquarters Building, Central Branch of the YWCA; Knickerbocker Hospital and Dramatists Theatre. He also designed the Department of Justice Building, Washington, DC, and in Hartford, Conn.: the Connecticut State Library, Travelers' Insurance Building, Supreme Court Building and the Hartford National Bank Building. He also designed the Chattanooga Union Station buildings at Chattanooga, Tenn.; the Capital City Club, Atlanta, Georgia; the White Plains Hospital and many private homes. At his death he was attempting to get built his Broadway Temple, a multi-use religious building.
Barber served as editor of the New York Architect, as president of the Society of Beaux Arts Architects (1909-1910) and as president of the Architectural League. A memorial exhibition of his work was held at the Architectural League in 1925.
