The property was early owned by ropemaker Robert Parrott, who allowed the community to use it as a picnic ground.

Sarah Louisa Rittenhouse successfully led a group to lobby Congress to acquire the property as an addition to Rock Creek Park.

[7] In 1914, the federal Office of Public Buildings and Grounds hired George Burnap and Horace Peaslee to develop plans for Montrose Park to keep its ambience that of a large country estate, including a network of paths, an entrance ellipse, a pergola, and a lodge.

Ten years later, a Cultural Landscape Report was published as the preferred treatment document for the park.

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