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  • Agricultural School

    Agricultural School

    Athens, AL

    CRD Publications

    Eighth District Agricultural School
    Eighth District Agricultural School
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    The eighth district agricultural school built somewhere in Athens Alabama.

  • Commercial Building & Storefront

    Commercial Building & Storefront

    12 N. Tenth Street Street,  Richmond, IN

    CRD Publications

    Commercial Building & Storefront – Photo courtesy of John Shiflet
    Architect’s illustration, as published in “The Cottage Souvenir No. 2”
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    This 3-bay commercial building is a spot on match for Barber’s design no. 68, from the 1891 “Cottage Souvenir No. 2” pattern book. Although altered along the front face of the ground floor, this building’s exterior is fairly intact.

  • First National Bank

    First National Bank

    302 Main Street,  Greenville, MS

    CRD Publications

    First National Bank
    First National Bank
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    This building continues to serve as a bank, although I do not know how historically intact the interior is.  Perhaps someone in the Greenville area would like to visit this gem and shoot some photos of the interior?  If so, please be aware that because this is a functioning bank building, I am sure that permission would need to be obtained from the management, before any such photos could be taken.

  • C. Edmund Kells Residence

    C. Edmund Kells Residence

    9 Audubon Place, New Orleans, LA.

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    Sadly, after initially surviving Hurricane Katrina, the Edmund Kells residence caught fire and burned from the surge that occurred when electrical power was returned to the lines.

  • Bob & Colleen Connors Residence

    Bob & Colleen Connors Residence

    Madbury, NH

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    Another stunning contemporary example of Barber’s Design no. 1, from the 1891 “Cottage Souvenir No. 2” pattern book. I have been fortunate enough to see the interior of the Connors residence and it is as stunning as the exterior. Bob really outdid himself when he built this gem.

  • Michael & Carolyn Dufano Residence

    Michael & Carolyn Dufano Residence

    Atlanta, GA

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    Mike and Carolyn have done a magnificent job, accurately creating a new version of this signature Barber design.  So much so, that it was featured in two recent Hollywood movies.  Check out “The Blind Side” or “Hall Pass” to see this home on the big screen. The Dufano residence is a real tribute to the architecture of George Barber.

  • James Robinson Residence

    James Robinson Residence

    623 W. Third street,  Maryville, MO.

    CRD Publications

    James Robinson Residence
    Architect’s Illustration
    James Robinson Residence
    James Robinson Residence
    James Robinson Residence
    James Robinson Residence
    James Robinson Residence
    James Robinson Residence
    James Robinson Residence
    James Robinson Residence
    James Robinson Residence
    James Robinson Residence
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    The James Robinson residence is an example of Barber’s design 01, from the third edition (1901) of the “Modern Dwellings” series of pattern books.

  • Joseph B. Binford Residence

    Joseph B. Binford Residence

    401 N. Seventh street, Estherville, IA.

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    The Joseph Binford residence was lost to fire, I believe in the 1960’s.

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