Peter J. Barber was an architect and served as mayor of Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean...

. He to San Francisco in 1852, from Ohio, via Panama. He served as mayor of Santa Barbara during 1880-1881 and 1890-1891.

He was "Santa Barbara’s most prolific architect of Victorian homes and buildings". He designed several buildings that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

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Works include:

• Thomas Hope House, 399 Nogal Dr., Santa Barbara, CA (Barber, Peter J.) NRHP-listed
• Joseph and Lucy Foster Sexton House
  Joseph and Lucy Foster Sexton House
  The Joseph and Lucy Foster Sexton House in Santa Barbara, California was built in 1880. It was designed in Italianate style by architect Peter J. Barber....
  
  , 5490 Hollister Ave., Santa Barbara, CA (Barber, Peter) NRHP-listed
• Faith Mission
  Faith Mission (Santa Barbara, California)
  Faith Mission, also known as Hotel Savoy, at 409 State St. in Santa Barbara, California is a building built in 1889. It was designed by architect Peter J. Barber in Stick/Eastlake and Italianate architectural styles. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.It has served...
  
  , 409 State St., Santa Barbara, CA (Barber, Peter J.) NRHP-listed