Alfred Edward Barnes (5 March 1892 – 11 May 1960) was an architect from Kansas City, Missouri.

[1] He graduated from Manual Training High School in 1909, and was immediately hired as a draftsman at the firm of Howe & Hoit.

[3] Barnes was the grandson of one of Kansas City's earliest architects, Asa Beebe Cross.

Cross designed many homes on Quality Hill as well as the original Jackson County Courthouse and Union Depot.

After his death, Clara donated these and other family artifacts to the State Historical Society of Missouri which created the collections of "Asa Beebe Cross (1826-1894) Papers (K0082)" and "Alfred Edward Barnes (1892-1960) Architectural Records (K0004)."