Baltimore -- Johns Hopkins' Mansion

Object Details

Varying Form: Also known as Clifton Park and Clifton Mansion.
General: Postcard circa 1907-1915.; Once owned by Johns Hopkins and considered to be his 'suburban' estate. The estate was later donated to Johns Hopkins University for a campus site which was never built. The property subsequently became a public park called Clifton Park.

Former owner: Hopkins, Johns, 1795-1873
Architect: Niernsee and Neilson (Firm)
Landscape architect: Olmsted Brothers; Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr., 1870-1957; Hopkins, Alden; Campbell, Alexander; Jones, Percy Reginald
Collection Collector: Marchand, Richard

Place: Johns Hopkins' Mansion (Baltimore, Maryland); United States of America -- Maryland -- Baltimore

Topic: Gardens -- Maryland -- Baltimore; Urban parks; Flagpoles; Mansions; Formal gardens; Georgian Revival; Garden walks; Trees; Flowering shrubs; Lawns; Flower beds

Former owner: Hopkins, Johns, 1795-1873
Architect: Niernsee and Neilson (Firm)
Landscape architect: Olmsted Brothers; Olmsted, Frederick Law, Jr., 1870-1957; Hopkins, Alden; Campbell, Alexander; Jones, Percy Reginald

See more items in: Richard Marchand historical postcard collection (35mm slides); Richard Marchand historical postcard collection (35mm slides) / Maryland

Sponsor: A project to describe images in this finding aid in this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Richard Marchand historical postcard collection.

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