COMING UP...

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 12, 1998| Author: Adrian Higgins; J.J. McCoy | Copyright information

Earlier this century, Rose Greely stepped out from the shadow of her father -- army general and explorer Adolphus Greely -- and became a pioneer in her own right. She was the first woman licensed as an architect in the District and the city's first female landscape architect. From the mid- 1920s until she retired in 1959, she was a sought-after designer to Wash- ington's elite, particularly in George- town, where she lived. While many of her gardens exist, structurally at least, Greely's r...

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