Barnett, Haynes & Barnett
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Barnett, Haynes & Barnett was a prominent architectural firm based in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

. Their credits include many familiar St. Louis landmarks, especially a number related to the local Catholic church. Their best-known building is probably the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, also known as the Saint Louis Cathedral or the New Cathedral, was completed in 1914 in St. Louis, Missouri, as the archdiocesan replacement for the Cathedral of St. Louis, King of France...

 (the 'new' cathedral). A number of the firm's works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

.

The three partners were Thomas P. Barnett
Thomas P. Barnett
Thomas P. Barnett , also known professionally as Tom Barnett and Tom P. Barnett, was an American architect and painter from St. Louis, Missouri. Barnett was nationally recognized for both his work in architecture and in painting.-Architectural work:Barnett trained under his father, St. Louis...

, John Ignatius Haynes, and George Dennis Barnett. The three were the two sons and the son-in-law of English-born St. Louis architect George I. Barnett
George I. Barnett
George Ingham Barnett was an architect from St. Louis, Missouri. He was called The Dean of St. Louis Architecture for his contributions to the buildings of St. Louis as well as for his influence on other architects in the United States....

. The founding of the firm dates to about 1895; George D. Barnett died in 1922, and the last structure attributed to the firm dates to about 1930.

Work

Their designs include:
  • Rockcliffe Mansion
    Rockcliffe Mansion
    In 1898, John J. Cruikshank, Jr., a descendant of Scottish immigrants, whose fortune was founded on lumber, erected on [West] Bird Street, what was acknowledged to be the most imposing, beautiful and costly residential structure in this part of the state of Missouri...

    , 1000 Bird St., Hannibal, Missouri
    Hannibal, Missouri
    Hannibal is a city in Marion and Ralls counties in the U.S. state of Missouri. Hannibal is located at the intersection of Interstate 72 and U.S. Routes 24, 36 and 61, approximately northwest of St. Louis. According to the 2010 U.S. Census the population was 17,606...

    , 1898–1900 (Barnett,Haynes & Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Kingsbury Place
    Kingsbury Place
    Kingsbury Place is a private place neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri that was founded in 1902.The land had been surveyed by Julius Pitzman, surveyor and planner, who had been the Chief Engineer for Forest Park and who was considered "the father of the private place" in the United States...

    , private place
    Private place
    A private place is a self-governing enclave whose common areas are owned by the residents, and whose services are provided by the private sector....

     entry gates and three of the mansions (#3, #7, and #11), 1902
  • Loretto Academy
    Loretto Academy (Kansas City, Missouri)
    Loretto Academy, at 1111 W. 39th St in the Westport neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri is a former girls' academy dedicated in 1904 as a "boarding and day school for girls." It is named after the Sisters of Loretto, who established a presence in Kansas City in 1899.-History:The land upon which...

    , Kansas City, Missouri
    Kansas City, Missouri
    Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

    , 1902
  • Palace of Liberal Arts, Louisiana Purchase Exposition
    Louisiana Purchase Exposition
    The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the Saint Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1904.- Background :...

    , St. Louis, 1904 (temporary)
  • St. Ann's Orphan Asylum, St. Louis, 1904 (razed circa 1978)
  • Bank of New York Building
    Bank of New York Building
    One Wall Street, originally the Irving Trust Company Building, then the Bank of New York Building , and after 2007 the BNY Mellon Building, is a bank headquarters building which remains one of the finest Art-Deco-style skyscrapers in downtown Manhattan, New York City. It is located in the...

    , New York, 1907 (razed 1932)
  • Wolberg Hall of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1908
  • Immaculate Conception / St. Henry's Church, St. Louis, 1908
  • Congregation Temple Israel
    Congregation Temple Israel (St. Louis, Missouri)
    Congregation Temple Israel is a Reform synagogue in St. Louis, Missouri.The synagogue was founded in 1886, as 63 members broke away from Shaare Emeth Temple.Rabbi Solomon H. Sonneschein was its first rabbi...

    , one of the institutions at the Holy Corners Historic District
    Holy Corners Historic District
    Holy Corners Historic District, so named because of its concentration of early 20th century churches, temples and other large buildings of public assembly, is located on both sides of North Kingshighway Boulevard between and including Westminster Place and Washington Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri...

    , St. Louis, 1908
  • Connor Hotel (New Joplin Hotel), Joplin, Missouri
    Joplin, Missouri
    Joplin is a city in southern Jasper County and northern Newton County in the southwestern corner of the US state of Missouri. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County, though it is not the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 50,150...

    , 1908
  • Adolphus Hotel
    Adolphus Hotel
    The Hotel Adolphus is an upscale hotel and Dallas Landmark in the Main Street District of downtown Dallas, Texas which was for several years the tallest building in the state of Texas.- History :...

    , 1912, 1315 Commerce St. Dallas, TX (Barnett,Haynes and Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Brockman Building, built 1912, 520 W. 7th St. and 708 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA (Barnett, Haynes and Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
    Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
    The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis, also known as the Saint Louis Cathedral or the New Cathedral, was completed in 1914 in St. Louis, Missouri, as the archdiocesan replacement for the Cathedral of St. Louis, King of France...

    , St. Louis, 1912
  • Busch
    Adolphus Busch
    Colonel Adolphus Busch was the German-born co-founder of Anheuser-Busch with his father-in-law, Eberhard Anheuser. His great-great-grandson, August Busch IV is now on the board of Anheuser-Busch InBev.-Biography:...

     Mausoleum, St. Louis, 1915
  • Post-Dispatch building, St. Louis, 1916
  • Cathedral of St Patrick, El Paso, Texas
    El Paso, Texas
    El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...

     1916
  • Saint Clement Catholic Church, Chicago
    Saint Clement Catholic Church, Chicago
    St. Clement Catholic Church was built in 1917-1918 in Lincoln Park in Chicago. The architect was Thomas P. Barnett of the St. Louis firm of Barnett, Haynes & Barnett....

    , 1917–1918
  • McFarlin Building
    McFarlin Building
    The McFarlin Building is a general office building on the northeast corner of Fifth Street and Main in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. The five-story building was built in 1918 for oilman Robert M...

    , 1918, 11 E. 5th St Tulsa, OK (Barnett-Haynes-Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Arcade Building, St. Louis, 1919
  • Claridge House, Memphis, Tennessee
    Memphis, Tennessee
    Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....

    , 1924
  • Jefferson Arms Apartments, St. Louis, 1928


Additional works by the firm, in alphabetical rather than chronological order, are (with variations in attribution):
  • Colonial Hotel, Springfield, Missouri
    Springfield, Missouri
    Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. According to the 2010 census data, the population was 159,498, an increase of 5.2% since the 2000 census. The Springfield Metropolitan Area, population 436,712, includes the counties of...

  • Hamilton Hotel, St. Louis
  • Himmelberger and Harrison Building, 400 Broadway Cape Girardeau, MO (Barnett, Haynes and Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Hotel Claridge, 109 N. Main St. Memphis, TN (Barnett,Haynes & Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Hotel Jefferson, 415 N. Tucker Blvd. St. Louis, MO (Barnett, Haynes & Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Hotel Stratford, 229 Market St. Alton, IL (Barnett, Haynes & Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Illinois Athletic Club, Chicago
  • Immaculate Conception Church and Rectory, 312 Lafayette Ave. St. Louis, MO (Barnett, Haynes, Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Joplin Connor Hotel, 324 Main St. Joplin, MO (Barnett,Haynes & Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, 1400 18th Ave., S. Nashville, TN (Barnett, Haynes and Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Loretto Academy
    Loretto Academy (Kansas City, Missouri)
    Loretto Academy, at 1111 W. 39th St in the Westport neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri is a former girls' academy dedicated in 1904 as a "boarding and day school for girls." It is named after the Sisters of Loretto, who established a presence in Kansas City in 1899.-History:The land upon which...

    , 1111 W. 39th St. Kansas City, MO (Barnett,Haynes & Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Loretto Academy, Address Restricted St. Louis, MO (Barnett,Haynes & Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Marquette Hotel, 1734 Washington Ave. St. Louis, MO (Barnett,Haynes & Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Martin Shaughnessy Building, 2201-15 Washington St. Louis, MO (Barnett, Haynes & Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • St. John's Mercy Hospital Building, 620 W. Scott Springfield, MO (Barnett, Haynes and Barnett, et al.), NRHP-listed
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch Building, 1139 Olive St. St. Louis (Independent City), MO (Barnett, Haynes, and Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, Convent and Academy, 1313 Academy Ave. & 5100 Minerva Ave. St. Louis, MO (Barnett & Haynes; Kennerty & Isedell), NRHP-listed
  • Southern Hotel, Chicago
  • Star Building, St. Louis
  • Robert Henry Stockton House, 3508 Samuel Shepard Dr. St. Louis, MO (Barnett & Haynes; Barnett,Haynes & Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Mark Twain Hotel, 200 S. Main St. Hannibal, MO (Barnett,Haynes & Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • Waterman Place-Kingsbury Place--Washington Terrace Historic District, Bounded by Union Blvd., alley S of Waterman Place, Belt Ave., alley S of Kingsbury Place, Clara Ave., alley line bet St. Louis (Independent City), MO (Barnett, Haynes & Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • One or more properties in Buena Vista Park Historic District, Roughly bounded by W. 18th St. S, rear lot lines of E of S. Cheyenne Ave. W, W. 21st St. S and Riverside Dr./S, Carson Tulsa, OK (Barnett, Haynes, Barnett), NRHP-listed
  • One or more properties in Hamilton Place Historic District, 5900-6000 blks of Enright, Cates, and Clemens St. Louis, MO (Barnett, Haynes & Barnett), NRHP-listed

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