Medfield (Baltimore, Maryland)

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With the exception of a few buildings along the Falls Turnpike, the Medfield area, throughout the 19th century, consisted entirely of several large land holdings. Among these was Dr. Johns Prentiss’ “Medfield” Academy, an exclusive preparatory school. Location of the school has been placed near 42nd Street to the west of Falls Road. In 1856, the original charter of the Hampden Association provided for a college, but there is evidence that the school was in existence as early as 1842. The tuition was $300 a year, which was a good sum of money for the day. Before the Civil War the Academy offered college courses and the sons of many prominent Baltimore families studied there. The school had a band, a cricket team, a literary society, bowling alleys and held “exclusive” dances. The school operated into the 1890’s; the estate remained intact well into the twentieth century, when it was sold to a development syndicate.

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