Former CCHS Archive and Research Center Director Gail Sansbury details the career of Nathan Barrett--his family, his lifework, his ideas, and his many projects, including the plan for Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Barrett was a founding member of the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1899 and a Commissioner of the Palisades Interstate Park, nominated by Theodore Roosevelt , 1900-1915. He is known for his formal gardens, especially for his wealthy clients in the gilded age. But Barrett also designed plans for factory towns, the most famous of which is the Town of Pullman in Chicago. Few of his professional papers and plans have been found, but Sansbury's research has revealed additional projects, some quite unusual!
