Architects and Builders, Montgomery County
322 PLACES FROM THE PAST ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS, MONTGOMERY COUNTY ollowing is a listing of archi- Ftects, landscape architects, and builders known to have worked in Montgomery County through the mid 1900s. The list is intended as the basis for research and it is hoped that it will be sub- stantially expanded in the future. At the end of the listings is a key to sources and acronyms. William Mills and Chevy Chase Historical Society Three generations of Sonnemanns have designed significant structures in Montgomery County. Photo c1900. Joseph Abel (1905-n.d.(after 1978)) During the period 1873-96, Baldwin and Pennington designed dozens A native Washingtonian, Abel received an architectural degree from of stations for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Maryland, West George Washington University. He apprenticed with George Santmyers, Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. The firm also designed in the 1920s, and worked as a draftsman for Arthur B. Heaton. Abel stations for the Western Maryland Railroad, the Cumberland and later founded the firm of Dillon & Abel with another apprentice of Pennsylvania, and the Maryland Central Railway. AVERY, AAA Santmyers, Charles Dillon. Abel is recognized for his apartment Rockville Railroad Station, 1873 house designs, including the Cleveland Park apartments (1928) and Gaithersburg Railroad Station and Freight House, 1884 the Governor Shepherd Apartments (1940). Broadmoor, W&S Kensington Railroad Station, 1891 1327 Connecticut Avenue, NW Dickerson Railroad Station, 1891 7702 Connecticut Avenue, Town of Chevy Chase, 1941 St. John’s Church, Forest Glen, 1894 Alexander, Becker, and Schoeppe Harry Barrett (1902-1978) AIA Philadelphia architectural firm. Edward Schoeppe (1890-1943) received Barrett was trained in his native England and worked for the NY firm a certification in Architecture from University of Pennsylvania in Peabody, Wilson & Brown.
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