Call and ask for a tour. Sidney Clifton (above, center) and siblings (from left) Gillian Clifton Monell, Alexia Clifton, and Graham Clifton, gather on the steps in 2019, much as the family did with their mother, Lucille Clifton (right, top center), around 1969. On October 16th, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced that it would award a $750,000 grant to the Clifton House, an artist and writers workshop designed to honor the legacy of esteemed poet Lucille Clifton.. Clifton was born in New York and lived in Baltimore from the late 1960s until her death in 2010. Clifton Mansion was the summer residence of Quaker merchant Johns Hopkins. Join us as we reveal newly renovated spaces and share the architectural gem that is Clifton Mansion! The Clifton Park Valve House has been threatened by neglect and disrepair since the early 1970s when Baltimore Heritage first recognized it as endangered. Lo Drive, Baltimore, MD 21213. The Clifton House, now and then. Overview. Baltimore City owns the building, and in 2003 a private developer began plans for the restoration and reuse of the building. 2701 Saint Lo Drive, Baltimore, MD 21213 Our legacy tour guides are ready to “walk” you through the mansion from roadway to hallway to rooms to … 2701 St. Location. In founding the Johns Hopkins University, Hospital, and Medical School, Hopkins transformed higher education, medicine, and the City of Baltimore. After Baltimore City acquired Clifton as a park, the Johns Hopkins residence became the clubhouse and operations center for the municipal golf course established there in 1916. Clifton holds a golf course, Clifton Mansion which is the home of Civic Works (a NP that runs a charter school in the park and a big urban farm in the park). (Credit: Sidney Clifton and Rollie McKenna) He became the first important American philanthropist. Baltimore Heritage is working closely with the Friends of Clifton Mansion, Civic Works, the youth training program that occupies the Mansion, and the Henry Thompson of Clifton Society, to promote the historic importance of the Mansion and its role in Baltimore’s future.. It's a historic home being restored that has a tower with an amazing view of the city. Johns Hopkins lived there.