Clara Barton National Historic Site, MarylandUnited States. National Park Service
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Clara Barton National Historic Site, Maryland
United States. National Park Service
Barton, Clara, 1821-1912; Clara Barton National Historic Site (Md.)
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, c/o Richmond National
Battlefield Park, 3215 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23223. The
brick house at 110A E. Leigh Street was the home of the first woman
president of an American bank. She was the daughter of an ex-slave.
[Illustration: Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site]
Sewall-Belmont House National Historic Site, 144 Constitution Avenue,
NE, Washington, D.C. 20002. Since 1929 this house has been the
headquarters of the National Woman’s Party. It commemorates Alice Paul,
a women’s suffrage leader and the party’s founder, and her associates.
[Illustration: Sewall-Belmont House]
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The American National Red Cross Headquarters, 17th between D and E
Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006. After Clara Barton resigned as
president, the Red Cross needed to find a suitable place for its
headquarters. After spending some years in various unused rooms in
government office buildings, the U.S. Congress approved legislation that
provided $400,000 to match an equal amount raised privately by Red Cross
officials and that donated a city block of land for a building. The land
has remained U.S. Government property although it is in the perpetual
custody of the American Red Cross. The main building, which fronts on
17th Street, contains exhibit areas on the ground and main floors. A
library on the third floor of the office building contains extensive
holdings about the Red Cross and related subjects. The complex of
buildings is open to the public 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through
Friday.
[Illustration: American National Red Cross Headquarters]
Clara Barton Birthplace, 68 Clara Barton Road, North Oxford,
Massachusetts 01537. Clara Barton was born in this house on Christmas
Day, 1821, the youngest child of Stephen and Sally Barton. The house,
which had been built shortly before her birth, is now a museum and
contains memorabilia of Clara Barton and her family. The house is open
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday in July and August. The
remainder of the year it is open only by appointment, primarily for
school and private groups. A fee is charged.
[Illustration: Bedroom in Clara Barton birthplace]
Johnstown Flood Museum, 304 Washington Street, Johnstown, Pennsylvania
15901. The museum chronicles the events of the disastrous flood of 1889.
Special exhibits detail the role of Clara Barton and the American Red
Cross. Here the new organization first demonstrated its ability to
respond to a major disaster. The museum continues to work closely with
the local chapter of the American Red Cross in maintaining a record of
the organization’s relief through the years in this flood-prone valley.
The museum is open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Saturday, and from
12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sundays. It is closed January 1, Memorial
Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and December 25. A fee is charged;
group rates are available.
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