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Mount Vernon Midtown | |
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 Northward view from the Washington Monument | |
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| Coordinates:39°17.9′N76°37′W / 39.2983°N 76.617°W /39.2983; -76.617 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maryland |
| City | Baltimore |
| Founded by | John Eager Howard |
| Named after | Mount Vernon Estate |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT |
| ZIP code | 21201, 21202[1] |
| Area code | 410, 443, and 667 |
| Website | www |
Mount Vernon Place Historic District | |
| Architect | Robert Mills and others |
| NRHP reference No. | 71001037[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 11, 1971 |
| Designated NHLD | November 11, 1971[3] |
| Designated BCL | 1975 |
Mount Vernon is aneighborhood ofBaltimore, Maryland, located immediately north of the city'sdowntown. It is named forGeorge Washington'sMount Vernon estate inVirginia, as the site of the city'sWashington Monument.
The Baltimore City Planning Commission defines the neighborhood as being bound byEager Street to the north, theJones Falls Expressway to the east,Franklin Street to the south, andEutaw Street to the west. TheMid-Town Belvedere neighborhood, named for the Belvedere estate ofJohn Eager Howard, lies immediately to the north, and the two are sometimes considered to be one neighborhood.
TheLight RailLink line runs alongHoward Street on the western side of Mount Vernon, and theMetro Subway runs beneath Eutaw Street.Penn Station, served byAmtrak andMARC commuter rail, is located north of Mid-Town Belvedere.
Although mainly residential, Mount Vernon-Belvedere is home to a mix of institutions, including thePeabody Conservatory of theJohns Hopkins University,Walters Art Museum,University of Baltimore,Maryland Center for History and Culture,Maryland Institute College of Art,Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall,Baltimore School for the Arts,Lyric Opera House,Center Stage, the Central Branch of theEnoch Pratt Free Library, Spotlighters Theatre, the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute, and formerly thePeabody Bookshop and Beer Stube.
During the 1970s, Mount Vernon became Baltimore's maingay village. The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore, now known as thePride Center of Maryland, was established in Mount Vernon in 1977.[4]
The centerpiece of the Mount Vernon neighborhood, the cruciform arrangement of parks surrounding the Washington Monument, represents one of the nation's first examples of city planning for the express purpose of highlighting a monument. TheWashington Monument was completed in 1829 to a design byRobert Mills, and in 1831 the Howard family was granted permission to lay out the surrounding parks[5] which eventually were lined by stately homes. The parks, which have survived almost intact, are considered to be the finest existing urban landscapes by the Beaux-Arts architectural firm ofCarrère and Hastings, who also designed theNew York Public Library, portions of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and the residence that houses theFrick Collection.
Elsewhere in the neighborhood are many older apartment buildings and three and four-storyrowhouses. TheBelvedere Hotel, opened in 1903, was converted to condominiums in 1991.[5][failed verification]
TheMount Vernon Place United Methodist Church lies northeast of the Washington Monument. Conceived as a cathedral ofMethodism, it was built on the site of the Charles Howard mansion, the house in whichFrancis Scott Key died. In 2021, the church's owners sought planning permission to subdivide the building, separating the church from the adjacent Asbury House.[6] The southeast corner from the monument is occupied entirely by the Peabody Institute, and the southwest corner includes three buildings forming part of the Walters Art Museum.
The formerStafford Hotel on Washington Place, built in 1894, now serves as an apartment building primarily housing Peabody Institute students.[7]
The old Mount Vernon Hotel at 702 Cathedral Street, built in 1847, was the mansion home of U.S. CongressmanWilliam Julian Albert where he entertainedAbraham Lincoln. It was converted into a hotel in 1967, and was whereOscar Wilde stayed as part of his 1882 lecture tour of the United States.[8][failed verification]
The Mount Vernon Place Historic District, surrounding the Washington Monument, was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places and further designated as aNational Historic Landmark District on November 11, 1971.[2][5]
Selected parcels with the National Historic Landmark District have been designatedBaltimore City Landmarks, including:
The National Historic Landmark District also includes:
The Mount Vernon neighborhood also includes:
The entire Mount Vernon neighborhood is included within theBaltimore National Heritage Area,[10][11] which was established in 2009.
As of thecensus of 2000,[12][failed verification][needs update] there were 4,520 people living in the neighborhood. The racial makeup of Mount Vernon was 55.3%White, 33.4%African American, 0.2%Native American, 7.4%Asian, 1.2% fromother races, and 2.3% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 3.1% of the population.
60.4% of the population were employed, 3.5% were unemployed, and 36.0% were not in the labor force, largely due to the large student population. The median household income was $21,225. About 15.2% of families and 26.9% of the population were below thepoverty line.[12]
5.6% of occupied housing units were owner-occupied. 10.2% of housing units were vacant.[12]
TheBaltimore School for the Arts is located on Cathedral Street in Mount Vernon.
In 2010, theBaltimore Leadership School for Young Women (BLSYW), acharter secondary school for girls, moved into the former headquarters of theYoung Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Mount Vernon, becoming its first new public school in three decades.[13]
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