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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 Clara Barton Homestead is located in northern Oxford, on the grounds of the Barton Center for Diabetes Education at the northeast corner of Clara Barton and Ennis Roads. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story Cape style wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. Its main facade is five bays wide, with sash ...
Clara Barton's home and site of American Red Cross. In 1975, the Clara Barton National Historic Site , located at 5801 Oxford Road, Glen Echo, Maryland , was established as a unit of the National Park Service at Barton's home, where she spent the last 15 years of her life.
A dedication ceremony was held Tuesday along the Hagerstown Cultural Trail for the new Clara Barton Memorial by sculptor Toby Mendez.
The new Clara Barton mural in Dansville honors the American Red Cross founder in the Livingston County village where she established the first chapter on May 21, 1881.
The home was restored as a museum, and in 1925, a "fresh air camp" for inner-city youths was opened. This humanitarian endeavor was designed to honor Clara Barton, herself a Universalist. [2] Concurrently, in 1921, insulin was discovered in Canada by Drs. Frederick Banting and Charles Best.
Clara Barton National Historic Site: Montgomery County: Home of Clara Barton (1821–1912), the founder of the American Red Cross. 1975 [12] Fort Foote Park: Prince George's County: Wood and earthwork fort on the Potomac River that formed part of Washington, DC's military defenses in the Civil War era. c. 1946 [13]
The Clara Barton Parkway is a parkway in the U.S. state of Maryland and the District of Columbia. The highway runs 6.8 miles (10.9 km) from MacArthur Boulevard in Carderock, Maryland , east to Canal Road at the Chain Bridge in Washington .