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Lake Ashburton Hanlon Park
Baltimore Zoo
Forest Park Golf Course |
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Ashburton houses are large, attractive and architecturally diverse, with Colonial, Victorian, Tudor and Spanish styles predominating. Usually included in the houses are three to four bedrooms, a finished basement, wood-burning fireplaces and a separate garage. Houses were built in the 1920s and the late 1930s. |
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| Ashburton had been a farm owned by the Gittings family for more than 100 years. The Gittings family was prominent in Baltimore politics. The late John S. Gittings, a banker, diplomat and socialite, sold most of the property about 1919 for residential development by the George R. Morris firm, retaining only Ashburton House itself and surrounding acres. The house passed out of the family's hand and converted to a nursing home in the 3500 block of Hilton Road. Almost nothing of its once-vast acreage clings to it. The first home in the new development was built in 1921 by the family of Blanche Van de Castle. |
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for more information on this Neighborhood's History. |
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| This list may not include all schooling options for this neighborhood. For more information on Baltimore schools visit Live Baltimore's School Links. |
- Dr. Nathan A. Pitts Ashburton Elementary & Middle
- Baltimore City Community College
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