Giffen Hill

Giffen Hill is a highpoint on the campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Arbutus, Maryland, and is a historic site of the Manual Labor School for Indigent Boys.

[1] Originally, the site was the location of the brick residence for the Manual Labor School for Indigent Boys, constructed in 1860.

Numerous renowned Baltimoreans were involved with the school's operations, like Johns Hopkins, and Gustav W. Lurman Jr. who both served on the school's board of directors.

The Farm School operated from 1839 to 1922, until it was absorbed by the Spring Grove Hospital Center, and then subsequently transferred to its present owner, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

[3] UMBC named the hill for Vice President Sallie Giffen.