Heather Barrett
With over twelve years of preservation experience and a M.A. in American Studies/Historic Preservation from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., Heather Barrett meets the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Professional Qualifications as an architectural historian. She has worked at the local, state, and federal levels.
In her capacity as National Register assistant for the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, Heather reviewed over 125 nominations, including individual properties, complexes, historic districts, and Multiple Properties Documentation Forms (MPDFs). She has written and presented numerous National Register nominations.
While working with the Maryland Historical Trust, Heather served as Project Coordinator for the Buildings of Maryland (one volume in the Buildings of the U.S. series published by the Society of Architectural Historians). She was responsible for the research and writing of entries for significant properties, historic landscapes, and communities throughout the State, as well as coordinating the contributions of multiple authors to the project.
Heather has a strong background in the documentation of historic and cultural landscapes. While working with the National Park Service’s Historic Landscape Initiative, she co-edited Making Educated Decisions: A Landscape Preservation Bibliography (2nd edition) with Charles Birnbaum. Her Masters thesis, Baltimore Society and the Fashionable Squares of Mount Vernon Place and Eutaw Place, explored the landscapes of two historic neighborhoods in Baltimore. Heather has presented papers on historic architecture and landscapes at numerous professional conferences.
Heather has worked on architectural surveys in North Carolina, Maryland, and New Mexico. Since moving to southern New Mexico in 2004, she has worked as a preservation consultant throughout the state. She received professional certification as a Historian and Architectural Historian from the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division in August 2006. Her work has included: several HABS/HAER documentation projects at White Sands Missile Range; an architectural survey of Artesia, New Mexico; the Original Townsite Historic District National Register nomination in Raton, New Mexico; and the Artesia Residential Historic District National Register nomination in Artesia, New Mexico. Additionally, she serves as a consultant for New Mexico MainStreet, providing research and architectural survey assistance to their affiliated communities.