{{short description|American architect and painter (1869-1925)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = John Stewart Barney | image = John Stewart Barney (1867–1925).png | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1867|10|12}} | birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, US | death_date = {{Death date and age|1925|11|22|1867|10|12}} | death_place = New York, New York, US | burial_place = | occupation = Architect, painter | awards = | spouse = | children = John Stewart Barney Jr. | education = {{Plainlist| * Columbia University * Ecole des Beaux Arts }} | signature = | party = }} '''John Stewart Barney''' (October 12, 1867 - November 22, 1925) was an American architect and painter in New York City.<ref name=marriage/> His partnerships included Barney and Chapman and Barney & Colt, the firm responsible for the Emmet Building. Among his extant designs are the Victor Emanuel estate, Dorwood, in Manhasset, New York.
==Biography== Barney was born in Richmond, Virginia and studied at Columbia University and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, France.
Barney partnered with Chapman no later than 1892. He was involved with the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg and drew up plans for the restoration of the Bruton Parish Church in 1904 on a pro bono basis.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Goodwin|first1=William Archer Rutherfoord|title=Historical sketch of Bruton church, Williamsburg, Virginia|date=1903|publisher=Franklin Press|page=164|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qzVKAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA164|access-date=29 November 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-architect-dies-i/176835820/ |title=Architect Dies in New York City |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-architect-dies-i/176835875/ 2] |date=1925-11-23 |access-date=2025-07-16 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Family== His son, John Stewart Barney Jr. (circa 1905 - 1964), was an artist in New York City.<ref>{{cite news|title=J. Stewart Barney Obituary|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/11/j-stewart-barney.html?_r=0|access-date=29 November 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|date=11 Oct 1964}}</ref> He married a woman named Winchester and divorced in 1929.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. J. S. Barney to Wed Tomorrow. Her Marriage to Lunsford P. Yandell Will Be a Surprise to Her Friends. Divorced Last February. Bride-to-Be Is a Daughter of the Late Mr. and Mrs. Lycurgus Winchester of Baltimore. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/06/13/archives/mrs-js-barney-to-wed-tomorrow-her-marriage-to-lunsford-p-yandell.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 13, 1930 |access-date=2009-12-07 }}</ref> In 1931 he married Helen G. Hackett Keech in a second marriage for both.<ref name=marriage>{{cite news |title=J. Stewart Barney Weds Mrs. Keech. Son of Late Architect Married at Home of Bride's Father by the Rev. F.M. Holloway. 2nd Marriage for Both. Bridegroom's Stepfather, Col. A.W. Little, His Best Man. Couple to Cruise on Yacht. |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0D1FFE3B5C117A93C4A91783D85F458385F9|newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 6, 1931 |access-date=2009-12-07 }}</ref> They divorced in 1937.<ref>{{cite news |title=Divorces J. Stewart Barney |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB091EFA355E177A93CAA9178DD85F438385F9|newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 8, 1937 |access-date=2009-12-07 }}</ref>
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