National Portrait Gallery

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Clara Barton worked in this building (the third oldest in Washington, D.C.), which was the Patent Office at the time. Today this building is the Smithsonian Museum's National Portrait Gallery.

American Red Cross National Headquarters

The National Headquarters of the American Red Cross is located at Seventeenth and D Streets, N.W. in Washington, D.C. Trowbridge and Livingston designed this building in 1915, which after Miss Barton's death in 1912 became the first permanent home of the American Red Cross.

Clara Barton National Historic Site

Miss Barton's home in Glen Echo, Maryland reflects her resourcefulness. Built in 1891, she first used the house as a warehouse for the Red Cross, then modified it for living quarters and offices in 1897.