Bridge over Minnehaha Creek

• The bridge is approximately 160 feet long with wooden railings. The bridge crosses over a creek through the woods then turns 90 degrees to the right to continue along the path.

Clara Barton Home and Red Cross Headquarters

Clara Barton dedicated her life and energies to help others in times of need - both home and abroad, in peacetime as well as during military emergencies. Glen Echo was her home the last 15 years of her life and the structure illustrates her dedication and concern for those less fortunate than herself.

• A three-story house with stone facades on either side and a peaked facade in the center. The ramp to access the front porch is to the left of the entrance via a front porch with white columns.

Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum

Missing Soldiers Office

• Red brick building on 7th St NW. This three-story brick building was once a boarding house where the most famous nurse of the Civil War lived, Clara Barton.

Glen Echo Park / Clara Barton NHS Parking Lot

Information Panel: A Heroine's Home

Beyond the trees stands a Victorian house as unique as its owner. This house was built for Clara Barton in 1891 by Edward and Edwin Baltzley as part of the National Chautauqua at Glen Echo.

• An angled information panel with photographs of Clara Barton wearing Victorian dress standing next to a horse, seated at a dining table with many other people, and seen from across the house in the parlor with guests. Behind the panel, the wooded ground rises sharply uphill, the vegetation obscuring a large Victorian house behind.

Information Panel: A Life of Service

Clara barton lived a life that transcended the limitations placed by society. She built a career of humanitarian service in a society that did not grant her full rights because of her gender.

• An information panel with photos of Clara Barton, a white woman with her hair pinned close to her head, wearing Victorian-style dress. Beyond the panel to the left, the Clara Barton Home stands, a three-story building with peaked turrets on the front corners of the house.

Information Panel: The Clara Barton Trail

Did you know a heroine lived right here in Glen Echo, Maryland? Fearless, selfless, and determined, Clara Barton dedicated her life to helping others. Known as the "Angel of the Battlefield" during the Civil War and founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton broke away from the traditional roles set for women.

• An angled information panel with an image of Clara Barton's Victorian house with a cow in the front yard, and an inset photo of Ms. Barton in Victorian dress, seated by an ornamental desk clock. Thick woods are immediately behind the sign. To the left, the sidewalk leads to a wooden foodbridge over Minnehaha Creek. To the right, the sidewalk leads to a side trail to an overlook. Continuing down the walk and around to the right will lead you to the Clara Barton House itself at the far side of the parking lot.

Information panel: Minnehaha Creek

This deep ravine and rocky creek are typical of streams in the Potomac River Valley. Today Minnehaha Creek flows freely through Glen Echo Park. Changes made to the creek in the past 100 years mirror the history of Glen Echo Park.

• A weathered information panel shows historic black and white photos of the stream through the woods, footbridges, and aerial photos of the area. Behind the railing, the stream bank descends sharply through the woods to a stream below, then rises sharply on the far bank.

• Clara Barton National Historic Site
• Clara Barton dedicated her life and energies to help others in times of need - both home and abroad, in peacetime as well as during military emergencies. Glen Echo was her home the last 15 years of her life and the structure illustrates her dedication and concern for those less fortunate than herself.