religion name parents birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
methodist charles i. barber george franklin barber and laura chenney 25 october 1887 marion lawrence -lrb- d. 1949 -rrb- , blanche mckinney charles i. barber
 charles irving barber architect university of pennsylvania
charles i. barber

charles ives barber -lrb- october 25 , 1887 -- june 14 , 1962 -rrb- was an american architect , active primarily in knoxville , tennessee , and vicinity , during the first half of the 20th century .
he was cofounder of the firm , barber & mcmurry , through which he designed or codesigned buildings such as the church street methodist episcopal church , south , the general building , and the knoxville ymca , as well as several campus buildings for the university of tennessee and numerous elaborate houses in west knoxville .
several buildings designed by barber have been listed on the national register of historic places .
the son of mail-order architect george franklin barber , charles barber studied at the university of pennsylvania under paul cret , from whom he absorbed the beaux-arts style .
for most of his career , he primarily designed houses and religious structures , though he also designed schools , clubhouses and courthouses .
during the 1930s and 1940s , barber designed several structures for federal entities such as the tennessee valley authority and the civilian conservation corps .
