1915 - Headquarters of the American Red Cross - Washington DC
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member HaricotVert_52
N 38° 53.692 W 077° 02.392
18S E 323095 N 4307087
President Woodrow Wilson laid the cornerstone for the new American Red Cross building in 1915.
Waymark Code: WM6GG4
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Team Sieni
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Founded by Clara Barton shortly after the U.S. Civil War, the American Red Cross occupied several buildings over time in Washington, D.C., before this building was constructed. In 1913, Congress enacted legislation for a site and building to house the Red Cross and to be a memorial to "the heroic women of the Civil War, both North and South".
The headquarters was built with an appropriation from Congress and donations large and small.
The building was designed by the New York architects Breck Trowbridge and Goodhue Livingston, who also designed the Mellon Bank building in Philadelphia and the Equitable Building and Hayden Planetarium in New York City.
Year of construction: 1915

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+ 1915 + TROWBRIDGE AND LIVINGSTON ARCHITECTS
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