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Revision as of 07:39, May 18, 2021
Clifton Park | |
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Site Information | |
Address | 2701 St Lo Drive |
Geo-reference | 39°19′15″N 76°35′13″W / 39.32088°N 76.58704°W |
Owner | Mayor & City Council of Baltimore |
Building Data | |
Building Type | Dwelling |
Architectural Style | Italian Villa |
Design | |
Landscape Architect | Olmsted Brothers (1898-2000) |
Construction | |
Completed | 1801 |
Renovation | |
Date | 1850 |
Architect | Niernsee & Neilson |
Johns Hopkins’ Clifton (1850-), 39°19′15″N 76°34′58″W
Google Maps, 2021
[File:1874 clifton detail gardeners cottage.jpg]]
detail of Clifton, 1874 Courtesy of Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries
Johns Hopkins’ Clifton (1850-), 39°19′15″N 76°34′58″W
Location:
bounded by Harford Rd., Erdman Ave., Clifton Park Terrace, the Baltimore Belt RR and Sinclair Ln., Baltimore, Maryland
- Coordinates: 39°19′15″N 76°34′58″W
- Area: 266.7 acres (107.9 ha)
- Built: 1801?, remodeled and tower added, ca. 1850?
- Architectural style: Italian Villa
- NRHP reference No. 07000941[1]; Added to NRHP: September 12, 2007
Johns Hopkins acquired Clifton in 1841 from the Trustees of Thompson sale (BALTIMORE COUNTY COURT Land Records 1841-1841 TK 306, p. 0393ff MSA CE 66-356).
By February 5, 1852 the main house renovations/rebuilding were complete.
Architects for Hopkins' renovations: Niernsee & Neilson; Wyatt and Nolting; Olmsted Brothers (Thomas, Frederick)
Builders and craftsmen, ca. 1850 who may have been employing slaves:
- James Murray, bricklayer
- James (Jas.) Sullivan, painter
- Andrew Merken, iron worker
- John Rothrock, roofing
- Bevan & Sons, stonework
- Hayward, Bartlett & Co. plumbing
- S. W. & H. T Gernhardt, glass stainers
- George W. Starr, plasterer
Google Drive documents, spreadsheets, images, and documentation [Requires permission to access. These are ecp's rough notes and documentation on his Google Drive]