John Stewart Barney (October 12, 1867 - November 22, 1925) was an American architect and painter in

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. His partnerships included

Barney and Chapman Barney and Chapman was an American architecture firm based in New York, active from about 1892 through 1908. The partnership designed significant municipal buildings, churches, private estates, and an asylum complex for the state of New York. Jo ...

and Barney & Colt, the firm responsible for the

Emmet Building The Emmet Building is a historic 16-story building located at 89–95 Madison Avenue at 29th Street (Manhattan), 29th Street, in the NoMad, Manhattan, NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by John Stewart Barney and Stoc ...

. Among his extant designs are the Victor Emanuel estate, Dorwood, in

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Biography

Barney was born in

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and studied at

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and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in

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, France. Barney partnered with Chapman no later than 1892. He was involved with the restoration of

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and drew up plans for the restoration of the

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in 1904 on a

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basis. He designed the Emmet Building at 95 Madison Avenue in association with Stockton B. Colt and it was completed in 1912. It became a New York City Landmark in 2018. In 1915 Barney quit architecture and concentrated on fine art painting. He died in New York City on November 22, 1925.

Family

His son, John Stewart Barney Jr. (circa 1905 - 1964), was an artist in New York City. He married a woman named Winchester and divorced in 1929. In 1931 he married Helen G. Hackett Keech in a second marriage for both. They divorced in 1937.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barney, John Stewart 1867 births 1925 deaths Artists from New York (state)