Barnaby Woods

On November 4, 1934, Edward R. Carr headed up the Barnaby Woods Development Company, formed to develop the 23 acre tract in Chevy Chase, DC. Claude G. Johnson and M.B Swanson are also credited with the promotion and realization of this community. Thomas C. Jeffers, engineer and landscape architect of the National Capital Park & Planning Commission, was employed to lay out the subdivision. A Post article read: Barnaby Woods, with its' shady paths, running brooks and flowery shrubbery offers a country home atmosphere with all the advantages of a location in the District. Just West of the Pinehurst Branch of Rock Creek Park, the comprehensive landscaping plan saved the original beauty of the projects location. On June 1, 1935, the first...