The Clara Barton National Historic Site, which includes the Clara Barton House, was established in 1974 to interpret the life of Clara Barton (1821?1912), an American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian who was the founder of the American Red Cross. The site is located northwest of Washington D.C. in Glen Echo, Maryland.

The United States National Historic Site protects 9 acres (0.04 kmē) of land at her Glen Echo home including the 38-room former residence of Barton. The site is managed by the George Washington Memorial Parkway. The first national historic site dedicated to the accomplishments of a woman, it preserves the early history of the American Red Cross and the last home of its founder. Clara Barton spent the last 15 years of her life in her Glen Echo home, and it served as an early headquarters of the American Red Cross as well.

Clara Barton National Historic Site

See also

• Clara Barton
• American Red Cross
• International Red Cross
• Jane Delano

References

External links

• National Park Service: Clara Barton National Historic Site
• ''Clara Barton's House: Home of the American Red Cross,'' a National Park Service Teaching with Historic Places (TwHP) lesson plan
• Clara Barton National Historic Site, Montgomery County, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Clara Barton House, 5801 Oxford Road, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Glen Echo, Montgomery County, MD: 26 drawings, 11 photos, 1 photo caption page and 1 data page, at Historic American Building Survey

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