Clifton Park, Baltimore
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Clifton Park is a public urban park and national historic district located between the Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello and Waverly neighborhoods to the west and the Belair-Edison, Lauraville, Hamilton
"Clifton Mansion", original home of Capt. Henry Thompson, (1774–1837), later purchased 1838 by Johns Hopkins, (1795–1873), renovated/redesigned around 1858 by architectural team of Niernsee and Neilson, photo taken August 2011
Postcard depicting the Lake Clifton valve house in 1888
Band shell at Clifton Park
Johns Hopkins
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Johns Hopkins was an American merchant, investor, and philanthropist best known for funding the establishment of Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Hospital, which have since become leading in
Clifton Park, Baltimore
…of the Clifton estate until about 1835, dying two years later in 1837. In 1838, Clifton was bought by local merchant, financier, and philanthropist Johns Hopkins (1795–1873), for his estate and was later developed with a nearby lake and a large sculpture collection. In 1858, the present Italianate-style Clifton…
Hopkins, c. 1871
Share of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, issued July 26, 1856, and signed by Johns Hopkins as the company's pro tem president
Johns Hopkins Monument at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
Hopkins' gravestone (center) in Green Mount Cemetery