Tom P. Barnett (3/11/1870-9/23/1929) Saint Louis, Missouri

Youngest son of the late George I. Barnett, he received an architectural education at Washington University, Saint Louis, and after a period of training in his father's office, began practice as a partner in the firm of Barnett, Haynes & Barnett, associated with his brother George D. Barnett, John Haynes, and his nephew George H. Barnett.

The works of the firm over a period of years and until 1912 included several large and notable buildings in Saint Louis, among which were the Roman Catholic Cathedral, built between 1907 and 1914 and of Romanesque-Byzantine design surmounted by a huge dome; the Visitation Convent at Cabanne and Belt Avenues; the Post Dispatch Building; Temple Israel; and the Gatesworthy Apartments. The firm also prepared plans for the Adolphus Hotel, built at Dallas, Texas, and the Brockman Building in Los Angeles. In 1912 Mr. Barnett withdrew from the firm to become the head of Tom P. Barnett & Company of Saint Louis, and in that period was identified with the design of the following works: Arcade Building 1919; Busch Memorial Chapel; New City Club; Ciccardi's Restaurant, 1914, razed in 1925; all in Saint Louis. Other buildings credited to Mr. Burnett are the First Church of Christ Scientist at University City Missouri, 1926; Eden Theological Seminary at Webster Grove, 1922; and the Kirby Building at Dallas, Texas.

He retired from practice several years before he died to devote all his time to painting and became a well-known artist.