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Clifton School
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National Register of Historic Places

Clifton School

Also known as C. H. M. School

On the National Register since 198244 years
Colonial RevivalListed 1982Baltimore
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Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

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About Clifton School

Clifton School, at 2670 Kennedy Ave., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Dec 16, 1982. The Register lists it for its agriculture, at the local level. It describes its style as Colonial Revival, as it does for 117 other Maryland listings. Three more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isSchool in Maryland, USA. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 53 MB · National Archives↗
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 30 minutes

2670 Kennedy Ave., Baltimore · about 1 miles on foot, as the crow flies

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  1. 1Clifton SchoolStart here
  2. 2Friends Burial GroundSite · 0.1 mi on
  3. 3Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Baltimore BuildingBuilding · 0.3 mi on
  4. 4Baltimore City CollegeLate Gothic Revival · Built 1839 · 0.3 mi on
  5. 5Eastern High SchoolTudor Revival · 0.4 mi on
Around it

14 more Register listings within a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

StClifton Park Valve HouseRomanesque0.5 miDClifton ParkItalian Villa0.6 miBGompers SchoolClassical0.7 miBPublic School No. 99Romanesque0.7 miDBarclay-East Baltimore-Midway Historic DistrictDistrict0.7 miBSt. John's Protestant Episcopal ChurchEarly English0.7 miDWaverly Main Street Historic DistrictDistrict0.8 miDBaltimore East/South Clifton Park Historic DistrictItalianate0.9 miBHans Schuler Studio and ResidenceBuilding0.9 miBSt. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic ChurchItalianate · Built 18561 miBAmerican BreweryMiddle-European Chalet1 miDCharles Village-Abell Historic DistrictVictorian1 miDMayfield Historic DistrictColonial Revival1 miDEdnor Gardens Historic DistrictTudor Revival1 mi
More like it

Colonial Revival style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Colonial Revival.

Baltimore East/South Clifton Park Historic District0.9 mi away
Mayfield Historic District1 mi away
Ednor Gardens Historic District1 mi away
Oakenshawe Historic District1.2 mi away

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Questions about Clifton School

Is Clifton School on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Dec 16, 1982 (Register number 82001583).

Is Clifton School a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Maryland has 71 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Homewood, 1.4 miles away.

Can you visit Clifton School?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Clifton School?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 53 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 106776484 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.