This is where we showcase the extensive portfolio of extant homes that can be attributed to the Barber firm.
Given the large number of posts on this page, (not right now, but eventually), you may want to use the search button below, to find a specific house, town, historic homeowner, etc. The search button below is different from the “Site Search” button on the sidebar menu. Here, it will only search through the content posted on this page (extant Barber home examples).
George T. Alger Residence
60 E. Fassett St. Wellsville, NY
The George T. Alger residence is a beautifully maintained “custom” design that exemplifies Barber’s artistic taste and design philosophy. It is a “must see” …
The George T. Alger residence is a beautifully maintained “custom” design that exemplifies Barber’s artistic taste and design philosophy. It is a “must see” …
Unknown Residence
38 Broadway Fonda, NY
The Victorian house at 38 Broadway in Fonda, NY is a beautifully maintained example of design 128, as published in Barber’s 1892 pattern book entitled, “The …
The Victorian house at 38 Broadway in Fonda, NY is a beautifully maintained example of design 128, as published in Barber’s 1892 pattern book entitled, “The …
Unknown Residence
252 W. William St. Corning, NY
This historic house at 252 W. William Street in Corning, NY is a beautiful example of design 28, as published in Barber’s 1892 pattern …
This historic house at 252 W. William Street in Corning, NY is a beautiful example of design 28, as published in Barber’s 1892 pattern …
Theodore J. Hook Residence
904 N. George St. Rome, NY
The Theodore J. Hook residence in Rome, NY is another example of a Barber design that appealed to the rising middle class of home …
The Theodore J. Hook residence in Rome, NY is another example of a Barber design that appealed to the rising middle class of home …
Martin T. Gunderson Residence
101 Gunderson Blvd. Kenyon, MN
The Martin T. Gunderson house is a spectacularly maintained house museum that currently serves as the location of the Kenyon Area Historical Society. The KAHS …
The Martin T. Gunderson house is a spectacularly maintained house museum that currently serves as the location of the Kenyon Area Historical Society. The KAHS …
Barney Burton Residence
606 First Street SE Little Falls, MN
Barney & Josephine Burton built a smaller version of Barber’s design 01, as published in the third edition of the “Modern Dwellings” series …
Barney & Josephine Burton built a smaller version of Barber’s design 01, as published in the third edition of the “Modern Dwellings” series …
William Gass Residence
67 Sugarloaf Street South Deerfield, MA
The Gass residence is a very rare, one and one half story version of Barber’s design 554, published in the “Art in Architecture” series …
The Gass residence is a very rare, one and one half story version of Barber’s design 554, published in the “Art in Architecture” series …
Unknown Reading Residence
389 Lowell Street Reading, MA
This lone Reading Massachusetts example is a slightly customized version of George Barber’s design 39, from the second edition of the “Modern Dwellings” series of …
This lone Reading Massachusetts example is a slightly customized version of George Barber’s design 39, from the second edition of the “Modern Dwellings” series of …
Jerome S. Ames Residence
69 Prospect Street Gardner, MA
The Ames residence is one of the many surviving examples of Barber’s design no. 36 from the “Cottage Souvenir No. 2” pattern book, although this …
The Ames residence is one of the many surviving examples of Barber’s design no. 36 from the “Cottage Souvenir No. 2” pattern book, although this …
Unknown Brockton Residence
134 Spring Street Brockton, MA
This Brockton Massachusetts home appears to be oddly out of place in it’s current setting. Barber originally created this design for construction on a narrow …
This Brockton Massachusetts home appears to be oddly out of place in it’s current setting. Barber originally created this design for construction on a narrow …
James A. Kelly Residence
406 W. Main Street Lebanon, KY
The Kelly residence is a classic example of Barber’s design no. 44 from the “Cottage Souvenir No. 2” pattern book, although this example is …
The Kelly residence is a classic example of Barber’s design no. 44 from the “Cottage Souvenir No. 2” pattern book, although this example is …
Unknown Cynthiana Residence
108 S. Church Street Cynthiana, KY
This example looks like a larger, more grandiose version of the published design. I would love to get inside this gem and see how …
This example looks like a larger, more grandiose version of the published design. I would love to get inside this gem and see how …
Unknown Georgetown Residence
623 S. Broadway Street Cynthiana, KY
Barber published this design under the moniker “Perspective View”, thus promoting the front balcony as a place to take in grand views. With this …
Barber published this design under the moniker “Perspective View”, thus promoting the front balcony as a place to take in grand views. With this …
August C. Gutzeit Residence
729 E. Main Street Lexington, KY
I finally found this previously unlocated Kentucky residence, lurking on East Main street, in Lexington, KY. So here I am relocating the post of …
I finally found this previously unlocated Kentucky residence, lurking on East Main street, in Lexington, KY. So here I am relocating the post of …
Frank L. Rice Residence
7 Enterprise Street, East Boothbay, ME
The Rice residence is another classic example of one of George Barber’s most popular early designs. Design 41 from the initial edition of “The …
The Rice residence is another classic example of one of George Barber’s most popular early designs. Design 41 from the initial edition of “The …
John O. Whitney Residence
356 State Street, Ellsworth, ME
The Whitney residence is a largely intact version of Barber’s design number 83, as published in the “New Model Dwellings” pattern book, the first edition …
The Whitney residence is a largely intact version of Barber’s design number 83, as published in the “New Model Dwellings” pattern book, the first edition …
Simeon L. White Residence
745 Main Street, Caribou, ME
The White residence is a somewhat larger version of Barber’s design number 128, as published in the “Revised and Enlarged” edition of “The Cottage Souvenir …
The White residence is a somewhat larger version of Barber’s design number 128, as published in the “Revised and Enlarged” edition of “The Cottage Souvenir …
George W. Smith Residence
71 Summer Street, Rockland, ME
Constructed in 1893, the Smith residence is a classic version of Barber’s design number 24, as published in “The Cottage Souvenir No. 2” from 1891 …
Constructed in 1893, the Smith residence is a classic version of Barber’s design number 24, as published in “The Cottage Souvenir No. 2” from 1891 …
John T. Carey Residence
1502 First Avenue North, Denison, IA
The Carey residence appears to be a customized version of Barber’s design number 15, as published in “The Cottage Souvenir No. 2” from 1891 …
The Carey residence appears to be a customized version of Barber’s design number 15, as published in “The Cottage Souvenir No. 2” from 1891 …
Unknown Residence
800 SE Central Avenue, Le Mars, IA
Another “unknown” residence for which I still seek information regarding the original owners, the year of construction and some additional photos, both exterior …
Another “unknown” residence for which I still seek information regarding the original owners, the year of construction and some additional photos, both exterior …
John C. McCoid Residence
612 E. Monroe Street, Mt. Pleasant, IA
The McCoid residence was published by Barber in the March 1896 edition of his monthly magazine entitled “American Homes Magazine, A Journal Devoted …
The McCoid residence was published by Barber in the March 1896 edition of his monthly magazine entitled “American Homes Magazine, A Journal Devoted …
Unknown Residence
604 NE Fourth Street, Hampton, IA
I have not yet been able to identify the original owner of this unknown residence, but it seems likely to have been one of …
I have not yet been able to identify the original owner of this unknown residence, but it seems likely to have been one of …
Zachariah H. Weller Residence
824 E. Kensington Road, Los Angeles, CA
The Weller residence was originally located on North Figueroa amongst several oil derricks, so Mr. Weller had the house moved to its current …
The Weller residence was originally located on North Figueroa amongst several oil derricks, so Mr. Weller had the house moved to its current …
Oramil McHenry Residence
511 Crawford Road, Modesto, CA
The McHenry residence is an absolute spectacular example of Barber’s design number 36 from “The Cottage Souvenir No. 2”. This home was built in 1893 …
The McHenry residence is an absolute spectacular example of Barber’s design number 36 from “The Cottage Souvenir No. 2”. This home was built in 1893 …
Edward F. Dalton Residence
2330 H Street, Sacramento, CA
The Dalton residence is a classic example of Barber’s design number 128 from the “Revised and Enlarged” edition of “The Cottage Souvenir No. 2” which …
The Dalton residence is a classic example of Barber’s design number 128 from the “Revised and Enlarged” edition of “The Cottage Souvenir No. 2” which …
Julius J. Boeheim Residence
223 E. North Street, Du Quoin, IL
The Boeheim residence is one of several Barber house examples located in Du Quoin. The Boeheim example of this particular design appears to …
The Boeheim residence is one of several Barber house examples located in Du Quoin. The Boeheim example of this particular design appears to …
James H. Williams Residence
905 Williams Avenue, Natchitoches, LA
The Williams residence is a spectacular example of Barber’s design 16, as published in the second (1899) edition of “Modern Dwellings”. Mr. Williams was a …
The Williams residence is a spectacular example of Barber’s design 16, as published in the second (1899) edition of “Modern Dwellings”. Mr. Williams was a …
Lafayette R. Logan Residence
725 Austin Place, Shreveport, LA
The Logan residence is a stellar example of Barber’s design 250, as published in the 1897 edition of “Homes Illustrated”. Mr. Logan was a proprietor …
The Logan residence is a stellar example of Barber’s design 250, as published in the 1897 edition of “Homes Illustrated”. Mr. Logan was a proprietor …
Eugene G. Robichaux Residence
322 E. Second Street, Thibodaux, LA
This custom design does not match any published design that I am aware of. It was created for Mr. Eugene G Robichaux, a sugar …
This custom design does not match any published design that I am aware of. It was created for Mr. Eugene G Robichaux, a sugar …
Adelbert E. Larson Residence
1811 W. Yakima Lane, Yakima, WA
This 1906 example of design 65 from the second edition of “Modern Dwellings” was built for Adelbert E. Larson, a proprietor of a lumber …
This 1906 example of design 65 from the second edition of “Modern Dwellings” was built for Adelbert E. Larson, a proprietor of a lumber …
John Q. Mason Residence
2501 N. Washington Street, Tacoma, WA
In 1905, Barber published this design under the moniker “Moderate Price Colonial Home” and was advertised to cost between $8,500 and 10,000 to construct …
In 1905, Barber published this design under the moniker “Moderate Price Colonial Home” and was advertised to cost between $8,500 and 10,000 to construct …
“Colonial Cottage” Residence
287 Boblett Street, Blaine, WA
This beautiful little cottage was built in 1902 and remains faithful to Barber’s published design. I am still trying to uncover the original owners of …
This beautiful little cottage was built in 1902 and remains faithful to Barber’s published design. I am still trying to uncover the original owners of …
Osmund K. Hamilton Residence
333 Fifth Street, Marietta, OH
The Hamilton residence comes from a published design that appeared in the “Modern Dwellings” series of pattern books. Mr. Hamilton was a clothes merchant and …
The Hamilton residence comes from a published design that appeared in the “Modern Dwellings” series of pattern books. Mr. Hamilton was a clothes merchant and …
Charles S. Maguire Residence
3904 Floral Avenue, Norwood, OH
The Maguire residence is a stellar example of one of Barber’s most signature designs, design number 27 from the “Cottage Souvenir No. 2, Revised and …
The Maguire residence is a stellar example of one of Barber’s most signature designs, design number 27 from the “Cottage Souvenir No. 2, Revised and …
William Groben Residence
1323 W. 111th Street, Cleveland, OH
The Groben residence was patterned after a home that Barber designed for a client in Lynchburg Virginia, back in the mid 1890’s. The premier …
The Groben residence was patterned after a home that Barber designed for a client in Lynchburg Virginia, back in the mid 1890’s. The premier …
John T. Murphy Residence
2505 First Street, Fort Myers, FL
The Murphy residence is another stellar example of Barber’s very popular design 25 from the “Modern Dwellings” series of pattern books. Murphy was a …
The Murphy residence is another stellar example of Barber’s very popular design 25 from the “Modern Dwellings” series of pattern books. Murphy was a …
Milton W. Curry Residence
511 Caroline Street, Key West, FL
The Curry residence is a stellar example of design 25 from Barber’s “Modern Dwellings” series of pattern books. It was built for the proprietor …
The Curry residence is a stellar example of design 25 from Barber’s “Modern Dwellings” series of pattern books. It was built for the proprietor …
Henry P. Mansfield Residence
1802 Havard Street, Houston, TX
The Mansfield house is one of two examples of design 30 from Barber’s “Cottage Souvenir No. 2” pattern book. It sat on one of the …
The Mansfield house is one of two examples of design 30 from Barber’s “Cottage Souvenir No. 2” pattern book. It sat on one of the …
John A. Milroy Residence
1102 Heights Boulevard, Houston, TX
The Milroy residence is one of two examples of design 30 from Barber’s “Cottage Souvenir No. 2” pattern book. I hope it has survived the …
The Milroy residence is one of two examples of design 30 from Barber’s “Cottage Souvenir No. 2” pattern book. I hope it has survived the …
George H. Westfall Residence
303 Hawthorne Street, Houston, TX
George Westfall was a Portrait Artist, according to the federal census and he selected a rustic cottage from Barber’s “Art in Architecture” series of pattern …
George Westfall was a Portrait Artist, according to the federal census and he selected a rustic cottage from Barber’s “Art in Architecture” series of pattern …
Benjamin J. Harper Residence
319 Hawthorne Street, Houston, TX
Benjamin Harper was a bank Vice President and the President of an Iron Works company. He selected another popular design from Barber’s “Modern Dwellings” series …
Benjamin Harper was a bank Vice President and the President of an Iron Works company. He selected another popular design from Barber’s “Modern Dwellings” series …
John Hamman Residence
401 Emerson Street, Houston, TX
John Hamman was an attorney who selected one of the most popular designs from Barber’s “Art in Architecture” pattern books. It is unclear if this …
John Hamman was an attorney who selected one of the most popular designs from Barber’s “Art in Architecture” pattern books. It is unclear if this …
Uriah E. Thompson Residence
128 Bridge Street East, Belleville, Ontario, Canada
The Thompson residence was published by George Barber in the February 1898 edition of his “American Homes” magazine. This home was built in …
The Thompson residence was published by George Barber in the February 1898 edition of his “American Homes” magazine. This home was built in …
Daniel J. Hall Residence
62 Court Street, Weaverville, CA
A classic example of Barber’s design no. 43, as published in the third edition (1901) of the “Modern Dwellings” series of pattern books. I have …
A classic example of Barber’s design no. 43, as published in the third edition (1901) of the “Modern Dwellings” series of pattern books. I have …
George B. Capps Residence
707 N. Fifth Street, Vandalia, IL
The George Capps residence is an exceptional example of Barber’s most popular design. The infamous design no. 36, from the 1891 “Cottage Souvenir No …
The George Capps residence is an exceptional example of Barber’s most popular design. The infamous design no. 36, from the 1891 “Cottage Souvenir No …
James Robinson Residence
623 W. Third street, Maryville, MO.
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 …
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 …
George F. Robertson Residence
73320 S. Fulton street, Armada, MI
A rare, story and a half version of this, traditionally 2 story design. The George Robertson residence is one of three known examples of …
A rare, story and a half version of this, traditionally 2 story design. The George Robertson residence is one of three known examples of …
Silas L. Munson Residence
45 State Route 79, Windham, NY
One of the best preserved Barber house exteriors in the country. This classic example typifies the Barber client situation being located in rural upstate …
One of the best preserved Barber house exteriors in the country. This classic example typifies the Barber client situation being located in rural upstate …