Edward Bartley

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Edward Bartley (1839–1919) was an architect from New Zealand. He was born in Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. He arrived in New Zealand 1854. He married Elizabeth Hannken in February, 1859.

Active in the Eight Hour Movement, member of the Royal Rifle Company of Volunteers, Auckland Choral Society, the Microscopic Society, the Photographic Society, The Museum Institute, member of the Auckland Institute of Architects, founding member of the New Zealand Institute of Architects (1906)

Active mainly in Auckland; notable buildings include

• Auckland Savings Bank Building 1881, Queen Street.
• St John's Church, Ponsonby Road 1882.
• The 1884 Jewish Synagogue, Princes Street.
• Costley Home for the Aged Poor, Greenlane, 1889.
• Jubilee Building, Royal Institute for the Blind, Parnell 1892.
• Kings Theatre 1910, Upper Pitt Street, now Mercury Lane, Newton.
• Former Mt Eden Public Library, 1912.

Trained Keith Draffin in his office, along with his sons Alfred, Arthur and Frederick. The firm of Bartley & Son continued under Alfred Bartley the after the retirement of Edward Bartley in 1914.