Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office
A landlord sealed these rooms to save money. Under the dust was a forgotten search for the missing of a war.
Listen to this place’s story in Peplos.
How the story begins
In the 1990s a federal worker checking a condemned building on Seventh Street went up to the third floor and found an office no one knew was still there. His name was Richard Lyons, and he worked for the General Services Administration, which looks after federal buildings. In a crawl space he found more than a thousand objects from the nineteenth century. Clara Barton had lived and worked on this floor.
The rest is in the app. Peplos plays the full story when you reach the place. You can also listen ahead of time.
Visiting
437 Seventh Street NW. Open for walk-ins Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 11 to 5, last admission 4:30, with guided tours at noon and 3. Check the museum's site before you go.
Sources
- Clara Barton Museum: Our Story
- Clara Barton Museum: Discovering Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office
- Civil War Times: Past and Present, August 2012
- Wikipedia: Clara Barton
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