Schoolhouses 15 of 16 photos   Clara Barton Schoolhouse   Location: Bordentown, NJ Format: © Ronald C Saari   Buy A Print Request Licensing Email This Photo View "Schoolhouses" gallery Home   In 1851 in Bordentown, teacher and humanitarian Clara Barton established New Jersey's first free public school. Barton is best known for her later achievement as founder of the American Red Cross.