Clifton Park, Baltimore
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 communities to the north in the northeast section of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is roughly bordered by Erdman Avenue (Md. Rt. 151) to the northeast, Sinclair Lane to the south, Harford Road (Md. Rt. 147) to the northwest and Belair Road (U.S. Route 1) to the southeast. The eighteen-hole Clifton Park Golf Course, which is the site of the annual Clifton Park Golf Tournament, occupies the north side of the park.
Clifton Park | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
"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 | |
| Location | Bounded by Harford Rd., Erdman Ave., Clifton Park Terrace, the Baltimore Belt RR and Sinclair Ln., Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°19′15″N 76°34′58″W |
| Area | 266.7 acres (107.9 ha) |
| Built | 1801 |
| Architect | Niersee & Neilson; Wyatt and Nolting; Olmsted Brothers; Thomas, Frederick |
| Architectural style | Italian Villa, Gothic Revival, Late 19th & 20th C. Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000941 |
| Added to NRHP | September 12, 2007 |
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