The Glen Echo Park-Clara Barton House cultural landscape is on the east side of the Potomac River in Maryland, just northwest of Washington, D.C. Its historic significance begins in 1888 when the land was initially purchased by the Baltzley Brothers. The property was host to a 19th-century Chautauqua educational campus, the home of Red Cross founder Clara Barton, and a 20th-century amusement park that operated until 1968.
Last updated: October 15, 2021