Career
Barber"s family moved to the United States from England while he was still an infant. They first settled in Illinois and then moved to Colorado Springs, where he received his education. By the late 1880s, he had partnered with L. A. Pease, to form the architectural firm of Pease and Barber, which specialized in ecclesiastical buildings.
He moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1927.
Barber died at his home in Glendale, California, on December 27, 1932.