Project Details
- Project Name
- Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office Museum
- Location
-
437 7th St NW
DC ,United States
- Client/Owner
- U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)
- Project Types
- Cultural
- Project Scope
- Preservation/Restoration
- Year Completed
- 2014
- Shared by
- Mills + Schnoering Architects
- Project Status
- Built
- Cost
- $2,800,000
Project Description
Coinciding with the Civil War sesquicentennial, Mills + Schnoering Architects (M+Sa) provided stabilization and conservation services of Clara Barton’s Civil War-era apartment and office for The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, operated the office between 1865 and 1868.
M+Sa provided full architectural services including an interior historic structure report; recommendations for appropriate conservation treatments; construction oversight; and construction documents for the conservation work. The firm also designed the museum space and a museum quality climate control system, while conserving historical aspects of the original rooms.
