List of BarberMcMurry works
Chronological list of buildings designed by the American architecture firm, BarberMcMurry (formerly Barber & McMurry). This list also includes early buildings designed by the firm's co-founder, Charles I. Barber .
Key
Designed by Charles Barber (i.e., before the formation of Barber & McMurry, or outside the firm)
Designed by Charles Barber and Dean Parmelee
NRHP – Listed on the National Register of Historic Places , with reference number given for individual listings, and historic district given for contributing properties
R – An existing building remodeled by the firm, with year of remodeling given in "Completed" column
Works
Completed Works table
Name
Location
Completed
Status
Other information
Image
Reference
C. Powell Smith House (Lyons View Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1913
Demolished
[ 1]
Southern States Building (Chilhowee Park )
Knoxville, Tennessee
1913
Demolished
Designed for the National Conservation Exposition
[ 1]
First Christian Church (5th Ave.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1914
Standing
NRHP contributing property (Emory Place Historic District )
[ 2]
Cecil H. Baker House (Kingston Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1916
Demolished
[ 3] [ 4]
Alexander Bonnyman House (Kingston Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1916
Demolished
NRHP contributing property (Kingston Pike Historic District)
[ 1] [ 4]
J. Allen Smith House (Lyons View Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1916
Demolished
[1]
[ 1] [ 4]
Rogan-Webb House (W. Main St.)
Rogersville, Tennessee
1920
Standing
[ 5]
David Young House (1210 Oak Park Ave.)
Maryville, Tennessee
1920
Standing
Designed for David Young, ALCOA Executive (Oak Park Historic District)
[ 6]
S.D. Coykendall House (502 Scenic Dr.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1921
Standing
[ 7] [ 8]
William Cary Ross House (Lyons View Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1921
Demolished
[ 1] [ 4]
Candoro Marble Works showroom and garage
Knoxville, Tennessee
1921-1922
Standing
NRHP (#96001399)
[ 9] [ 4]
Fort Sanders Manor Apartments (Laurel Ave.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1922
Standing
[ 4]
Calvin Holmes House (Melrose Place)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1922
Standing
[ 10] [ 4]
Ridgeview II (Laurel Ave.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1922
[ 11]
Hugh VanDeventer House (Lyons Bend Rd.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1923
Standing
[ 4]
Benjamin McMurray House 937 Scenic Drive
Knoxville, Tennessee
1924
Standing
Benjamin Franklin McMurray's personal home
[2]
[ 7]
Mountain View Hotel (R)
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1924
Demolished
NRHP (#84003681); hotel built in 1916, overhauled in 1924
[ 12]
West Barber House (518 Glenwood Ave.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1925
Standing
NRHP contributing property (Old North Knoxville Historic District )
[ 13]
J.V. Henderson House (Kingston Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1925
[ 4]
General Building (South Market St.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1925
Standing
NRHP (#88000174)
[ 14] [ 4]
Knoxville YWCA Building (Clinch Ave.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1925-1926
Standing
[ 15] [ 4]
Earl Worsham House (Kingston Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1925
Standing
[ 16] [ 4]
A.A. Yeager House (Kingston Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1925
Standing
[ 4]
Barton Chapel
Robbins, Tennessee
1926
Standing
NRHP (#84003679)
[ 17] [ 18]
Glen Craig (Westland Drive)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1926
Standing
[ 19] [ 4]
C.M. Moore House (Cherokee Blvd.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1926
Standing
[ 4]
E.H. Scharringhaus House (Kingston Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1926
Standing
[ 4]
Washington Pike Methodist Church
Knoxville, Tennessee
1926
Standing
[ 4]
George F. Barber Jr. House (1854 Prospect Pl.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1927
Standing
Designed for Charles Barber's brother George.
[ 20]
Holston Hills Country Club
Knoxville, Tennessee
1927
Standing
[ 1] [ 4]
Chase and Laura Barber Hutchinson House (1856 Prospect Pl.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1927 (approx.)
Standing
Designed for Charles Barber's sister Laura.
Warren Kerr House (Cherokee Blvd.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1927
Standing
[ 4]
William Seale Jr. House (Kingston Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1927
Standing
Currently home to the Knoxville Montessori School
J.B. Coykendall House (Lyons View Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1928
Standing
[ 1] [ 4]
Hugh M. Goforth House (Lyons View Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1928
Demolished
[ 1] [ 4]
Westcliff (Lyons View Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1928
Demolished
Built for inventor Weston Fulton
[ 1] [ 4]
Alumni Gym Auditorium (University of Tennessee)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1929
Standing
Renovated by BarberMcMurry in 2003
[ 16]
First Christian Church, Education Wing (Fifth Ave.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1929
Standing
[ 4]
Knoxville YMCA Building (Locust St.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1929-1930
Standing
NRHP (#83004256)
[ 1] [ 4]
N.E. Logan House (Lyons View Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1929
Standing
[ 1]
Sequoyah School (Southgate Rd.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1929
Standing
[ 10] [ 4]
George Taylor House (Kingston Pike) (R)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1929
Standing
NRHP (Kingston Pike Historic District); house built in 1900, remodeled in 1929
[ 21]
1029 Scenic Drive
Knoxville, Tennessee
1930
Standing
[ 7]
Martin Baker House (Lyons View Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1930
Demolished
[ 1] [ 4]
Henson Hall (University of Tennessee)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1930
Standing
[ 22]
Hesler Hall (University of Tennessee)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1930
Standing
[ 23]
Church Street United Methodist Church (Henley St.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1931
Standing
NRHP (#09000115); co-designed with John Russell Pope
[ 24] [ 4]
Hoskins Library (University of Tennessee )
Knoxville, Tennessee
1931-1932
Standing
[ 23] [ 4]
Hal B. Mebane Jr. House
Knoxville, Tennessee
1931
Standing
[ 1] [ 4]
Charles I. Barber House (Alcoa Highway)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1933
Standing
[ 15] [ 4]
Ossoli Circle Clubhouse
Knoxville, Tennessee
1933
Standing
NRHP (#85000620)
[ 15]
Smoky Mountain Hiking Club Cabin
Sevier County, Tennessee
1934
Standing
Barber was a member of this club; cabin assembled from logs of a dismantled pioneer cabin
[ 25]
Dabney Hall (University of Tennessee)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1935
Standing
[ 23] [ 26]
Fred Austin House (Lyons View Pike)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1936
Standing
[ 1] [ 4]
South High School
Knoxville, Tennessee
1936
Standing
High school closed in 1976
[ 27]
Riverdale School
Knox County, Tennessee
1938
Standing
NRHP (#94001258)
Christenberry Club Room (Henegar Ave.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1939
Standing
NRHP (#97000242)
Arrowcraft Shop (Arrowmont )
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1940
Moved
NRHP contributing property (Settlement School Community Outreach Historic District)
[ 28]
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Headquarters
Sevier County, Tennessee
1940
Standing
[ 29]
Stuart Dormitory (Arrowmont)
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1941
Standing
NRHP contributing property (Settlement School Dormitories and Dwellings Historic District)
[ 30]
Graham County Courthouse
Robbinsville, North Carolina
1942
Standing
NRHP (#07000883)
[ 18] [ 31]
Melrose Hall (University of Tennessee)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1946
Standing
[ 22]
904 Southgate Drive
Knoxville, Tennessee
1947
Standing
[ 8]
Nicol Health Clinic Building (Arrowmont)
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1948
Demolished
NRHP contributing property (Settlement School Community Outreach Historic District)
[ 28]
First United Methodist Church
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1950
Standing
NRHP (#07000661; listed as First Methodist Church, Gatlinburg)
Smith Staff House (Arrowmont)
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1952
Standing
NRHP contributing property (Settlement School Dormitories and Dwellings Historic District)
[ 30]
Carolyn P. Brown University Center (University of Tennessee)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1955
Standing
[ 22]
Jenkins House (Cherokee Blvd.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1955
Standing
Designed by Benjamin McMurry Jr.
[ 16]
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center
Knoxville, Tennessee
1958
Standing
[ 16]
Red Barn (Arrowmont) (R)
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
1959
Standing
NRHP contributing property (Settlement School Dormitories and Dwellings Historic District); built in 1923 as a stock barn; remodeled in 1959 as a dormitory
[ 30]
Fountain City Library
Knoxville, Tennessee
1964
Standing
[ 11]
Rokeby Condominiums
Nashville, Tennessee
1976
Standing
[ 16]
John J. Duncan Federal Building
Knoxville, Tennessee
1988
Standing
[ 16]
Thompson Cancer Survival Center (Fort Sanders)
Knoxville, Tennessee
1988
Standing
[ 16]
Roswell Presbyterian Church
Roswell, Georgia
1999
Standing
[ 16]
Cheyenne Ambulatory Medical Center
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
2000
Standing
[ 16]
Smokies Park
Kodak, Tennessee
2000
Standing
[ 16]
East Tennessee History Center (Gay St.)
Knoxville, Tennessee
2004
Standing
[ 16]
Niswonger Performing Arts Center
Greeneville, Tennessee
2004
Standing
[ 16]
Mercy Medical Center North
Knoxville, Tennessee
2007
Standing
[ 16]
Pratt Pavilion (University of Tennessee)
Knoxville, Tennessee
2007
Standing
[ 16]
Clayton Science Center (Webb School )
Knoxville, Tennessee
2008
Standing
[ 16]
Ted Russell Hall (Carson Newman College )
Jefferson City, Tennessee
2008
Standing
[ 16]
Magnolia Campus (Pellissippi State Community College )
Knoxville, Tennessee
2009
Standing
[ 16]
Heart Hospital (University of Tennessee Medical Center)
Knoxville, Tennessee
2010
Standing
[ 16]
King Family Library
Sevierville, Tennessee
2010
Standing
[ 16]
LeConte Medical Center
Sevierville, Tennessee
2010
Standing
[ 16]
Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Knoxville, Tennessee
2018
Standing
[ 32]
See also
References
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^ Ann Bennett, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Emory Place Historic District, May 1994.
^ Architecture , Vol. 40, No. 2 (August 1919), Plates CXXIV-CXXV.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae McNabb, William Ross (1976). The Architecture of Barber and McMurry: 1915-1940 . Knoxville: Dulin Gallery of Art.
^ Jeff Bobo, Historic Rogersville Homes Open to the Public for Christmas Tours , 27 November 2008. Retrieved: 21 May 2011.
^ ""Architectural treasures abound in Blount County" . The Daily Times. Maryville, TN. 12 February 2005.
^ a b c Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission, Scenic Drive Area of Sequoyah Hills Neighborhood - Designation Report and Design Guidelines , September 2006. Retrieved: 21 May 2011.
^ a b Knoxville-Knox County Metropolitan Planning Commission, Designation Report and Design Guidelines - Scenic Drive Area of Sequoyah Hills Neighborhood Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine , 19 January 2006. Retrieved: 21 May 2011.
^ Tony VanWinkle, National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Candoro Marble Works Showroom and Garage, 13 July 2004.
^ a b Katherine Wheeler, Barber & McMurry Architects , Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture , 2002. Retrieved: 21 May 2011.
^ a b J.C. Tumblin, Fountain City - Timeline Archived 2011-04-21 at the Wayback Machine , 2004. Retrieved: 21 May 2011.
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^ Ann Bennett, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Old North Knoxville Historic District, 9 August 1991.
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^ "George Barber Building New Morningside Home" . Knoxville News. 24 August 1926. p. 9.
^ Ann Bennett, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Kingston Pike Historic District, January 1996.
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^ Knoxville Historic Zoning Commission, Church Street Methodist Church National Register Nomination Summary , December 2008. Retrieved: 17 May 2011.
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^ Knox Heritage, Historic Knox County School Buildings Archived 2011-08-19 at the Wayback Machine , 2011. Retrieved: 21 May 2011.
^ a b Susan Knowles and Carroll Van West, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Settlement School Community Outreach Historic District, 26 March 2007.
^ Lois Reagan Thomas, Headquarters to be Restored to its Original Glory , Knoxnews.com, 16 March 2009. Retrieved: 21 May 2011.
^ a b c Susan Knowles and Carroll Van West, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Settlement School Dormitories and Dwellings Historic District, 30 October 2006.
^ Graham County, North Carolina, Chamber of Information - Local Government Archived 2012-09-06 at archive.today . Retrieved: 21 May 2011.
^ Amy McRary (February 23, 2018). "East Tennessee Catholics to open $30.8 million domed cathedral on Northshore Drive" . Knoxville News Sentinel . Knoxville. Retrieved 2018-03-03 .