Disabled parking is available on the north side of the building. All business services are on the main floor, which is wheelchair-accessible. The Barrett Conference Room, which is commonly used for business meetings, is not accessible. Skidmore Travel is located on the lower floor. Since the building has no internal elevator, an exterior ramp to the lower level has been provided along the west side of the building.
The building is named for G. Hinman Barrett. A nephew of College founder Lucy Scribner Skidmore, Barrett was twice awarded the Croix de Guerre as a volunteer ambulance driver during World War I. Returning from France, he served as treasurer and College trustee from 1919 to 1969—a 50-year period that spanned the tenures of four Skidmore presidents. Part of the original campus design, Barrett was intended as the reception center and meeting space for the Keyes Quad of residence halls (Howe, Rounds, Jonsson, and Wait). When the campus became coeducational, there was no further need for such spaces, and the building was converted into administrative offices. You can still see relics of its originally intended role in the large fireplace that dominates the Barrett Conference Room. Creative Thought Matters. Skidmore College · 815 North Broadway · Saratoga Springs, NY · 12866
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