Background
He was born in Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.
He was born in Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands.
He worked mainly in Auckland. Notable buildings include
Auckland Savings Bank Building, Queen Street, 1881
Street John"s Church, Ponsonby Road, 1882
Jewish Synagogue, Princes Street, 1884
Costley Home for the Aged Poor, Greenlane, 1889. Jubilee Building, Royal Institute for the Blind, Parnell, 1892
Kings Theatre (now Mercury Theatre), Upper Pitt Street (now Mercury Lane), Newton, 1910
Mountain Eden Public Library, 1912.
The firm of Bartley & Son continued under Alfred Bartley following the retirement of Edward Bartley in 1914.
Bartley died at his home in Devonport on 28 May 1919, and was buried at O"Neill"s Point Cemetery.
He was active in the Eight Hour Movement, a member of the Royal Rifle Company of Volunteers, Auckland Choral Society, the Microscopic Society, the Photographic Society, The Museum Institute, the Auckland Institute of Architects, and a founding member of the New Zealand Institute of Architects (1906).